Sales Development Representative salary in Paducah, KY-IL

Pay in Paducah against Kentucky and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in Paducah earns $38,610–$82,150. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $122,860, only 3.5 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($68,580) is 23% 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 $43,540 wide, between the figure for Kentucky ($38,190) 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 $26,370 over the median, the 25th only $17,170 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $34,026 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 Paducah, and the Kentucky statewide median of $52,750 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Paducah

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 $16,194 to the $55,780 median and brings it to $71,974 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 Paducah

Of the 15 roles we track in Paducah, this one ranks #9 by median pay, between payroll specialists ($57,220) and bookkeepers ($46,310). Project Coordinator is the highest at $78,090.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #13 of the 15 roles we track in Paducah (-20.3%), between data entry specialists (-19.0%) and marketing specialists (-22.9%). The typical role here is at -16.5%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in Paducah than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 5.6% of the jobs in these 15 roles in Paducah, 6.0% across Kentucky and 8.0% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Kentucky

Across the 10 areas of Kentucky with data for this job, the median runs from $47,590 in Owensboro to $55,780 in Paducah, a gap of $8,190 a year. All 6 areas in Kentucky with more sales development representatives than Paducah pay less, among them Louisville, KY-IN ($55,190) and Lexington-Fayette, KY ($50,690).

Paducah against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Paducah is #375 of 518 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Kentucky, Victoria and Blacksburg-Christiansburg pay just above Paducah and Kankakee and Daphne-Fairhope just below. All four are within $590 a year of the median in Paducah. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, two pay more.

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