Sales Development Representative salary in the Northwest Iowa nonmetro area

Pay in the Northwest Iowa nonmetro area against Iowa and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in the Northwest Iowa nonmetro area earns $38,770–$74,990. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $102,030, only 2.8 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($63,010) is 27% over the median, so a group of high earners pulls the average up; price a typical hire from the median. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $36,220 wide, against $41,270 across Iowa and $52,810 nationally: employers in the Northwest Iowa nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a sales development representative here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $25,500 over the median, the 25th only $10,720 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $32,903 a year in employer cost. These percentiles describe what people in the job earn locally, not experience levels, so place your offer by the tasks and seniority you need.

For scale, the US median of $69,990 falls between the median and the 75th percentile in the Northwest Iowa nonmetro area, and the Iowa statewide median of $62,420 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Northwest Iowa nonmetro area

At the $49,490 median, a local hire costs about $63,858 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $14,368 here. Recruiting, equipment and office space come on top. Benefit levels vary by employer, so treat this as an estimate.

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Other roles in the Northwest Iowa nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Northwest Iowa nonmetro area, this one ranks #9 by median pay, between paralegals ($49,730) and bookkeepers ($46,870). Project Coordinator is the highest at $81,210.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 17 roles we track in the Northwest Iowa nonmetro area (-29.3%); data entry specialists come first (+5.7%). The typical role here is at -10.0%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in the Northwest Iowa nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 3.9% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Northwest Iowa nonmetro area, 4.8% across Iowa and 7.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Iowa

Across the 12 areas of Iowa with data for this job, the median runs from $47,120 in the Southwest Iowa nonmetro area to $67,360 in Cedar Rapids, a gap of $20,240 a year. All 4 areas in Iowa with more sales development representatives than the Northwest Iowa nonmetro area also pay more, among them Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA ($65,510) and Davenport-Moline, IA-IL ($57,250).

the Northwest Iowa nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northwest Iowa nonmetro area is #297 of 518 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Iowa, Athens-Clarke County and Tuscaloosa pay just above the Northwest Iowa nonmetro area and Parkersburg-Vienna and Eagle Pass just below. All four are within $150 a year of the median in the Northwest Iowa nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, one pays more.

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