Sales Development Representative salary in Odessa, TX

Pay in Odessa against Texas and the US

Sales development representatives at the 90th percentile earn $144,320, 3.9 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 3.9. The middle half of sales development representatives in Odessa earns $46,740–$104,620. The mean ($80,800) is 10% 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 $57,880 wide, wider than in Texas as a whole ($43,030) and the US ($52,810), so what a sales development representative earns in Odessa depends more on the employer.

What to budget for a sales development representative here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $26,610 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $31,270, or about $40,348 once benefits are added. 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 25th percentile and the median in Odessa, and the Texas statewide median of $61,680 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Odessa

At the $73,350 median, a local hire costs about $94,645 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $21,295 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 Odessa

Of the 16 roles we track in Odessa, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($80,260) and executive assistants ($70,020). Project Coordinator is the highest at $98,590.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #2 of the 16 roles we track in Odessa (+4.8%), between e-commerce order specialists (+5.3%) and bookkeepers (-3.4%). The typical role here is at -5.0%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost more in Odessa than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 11.1% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Odessa, 8.6% across Texas and 8.0% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Texas

Across the 32 areas of Texas with data for this job, the median runs from $44,460 in Brownsville-Harlingen to $80,460 in Midland, a gap of $36,000 a year. Of the 22 areas in Texas with more sales development representatives than Odessa, 21 pay less, the largest of them Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ($63,280), Houston-Pasadena, TX ($63,090) and Austin-Round Rock, TX ($62,900).

Odessa against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Odessa is #183 of 518 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside Texas, Napa and Pueblo pay just above Odessa and Buffalo-Cheektowaga and Santa Maria-Santa Barbara just below. All four are within $860 a year of the median in Odessa. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, none pays as much.

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