Sales Development Representative salary in Omaha, NE-IA

Pay in Omaha against Nebraska and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in Omaha earns $48,100–$81,130. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $105,440, only 2.9 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($68,980) is 15% 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 $33,030 wide, between the figure for Nebraska ($32,820) and the US figure ($52,810).

What to budget for a sales development representative here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $21,000 over the median, the 25th only $12,030 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $27,097 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 Omaha, and the Nebraska statewide median of $57,770 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Omaha

Pay is only part of it. Benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², which adds about $17,457 to the $60,130 median and brings it to $77,587 a year. 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 Omaha

Of the 17 roles we track in Omaha, this one ranks #8 by median pay, between recruiters ($61,840) and payroll specialists ($56,870). Project Coordinator is the highest at $82,460.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #14 of the 17 roles we track in Omaha (-14.1%), between executive assistants (-10.9%) and recruiters (-18.6%). The typical role here is at -2.8%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in Omaha than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 6.8% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Omaha, 6.1% across Nebraska and 7.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Nebraska

Across the 6 areas of Nebraska with data for this job, the median runs from $44,300 in Grand Island to $61,790 in Lincoln, a gap of $17,490 a year. No other area in Nebraska has as many sales development representatives, and 4 of the other 5 pay less.

Omaha against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Omaha is #55 of 518 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, with pay near the middle of the US range. Outside Nebraska, Helena and Baton Rouge pay just above Omaha and Eugene-Springfield and Medford just below. All four are within $80 a year of the median in Omaha. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, one pays more.

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