Sales Development Representative salary in Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC

Pay in Pinehurst-Southern Pines against North Carolina and the US

Sales development representatives at the 90th percentile earn $132,590, 3.8 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 3.9. The middle half of sales development representatives in Pinehurst-Southern Pines earns $42,300–$92,190. The mean ($71,700) is 25% 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 $49,890 wide, against $51,270 across North Carolina and $52,810 nationally: employers in Pinehurst-Southern Pines 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 $34,930 over the median, the 25th only $14,960 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $45,071 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 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, and the North Carolina statewide median of $62,620 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Pinehurst-Southern Pines

At the $57,260 median, a local hire costs about $73,884 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $16,624 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 Pinehurst-Southern Pines

Of the 14 roles we track in Pinehurst-Southern Pines, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between recruiters ($62,390) and office managers ($55,510). Project Coordinator is the highest at $95,280.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #9 of the 14 roles we track in Pinehurst-Southern Pines (-18.2%), between recruiters (-17.8%) and marketing specialists (-18.6%). The typical role here is at -17.6%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Sales development representatives hold 6.9% of the jobs in the 13 of these roles with a job count in Pinehurst-Southern Pines, 9.1% across North Carolina and 8.3% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in North Carolina

Across the 18 areas of North Carolina with data for this job, the median runs from $45,900 in Goldsboro to $72,460 in Durham-Chapel Hill, a gap of $26,560 a year. Of the 15 areas in North Carolina with more sales development representatives than Pinehurst-Southern Pines, 5 pay less, the largest of them the Western North Carolina nonmetro area ($56,970), the Central North Carolina nonmetro area ($56,970) and Fayetteville, NC ($54,450).

Pinehurst-Southern Pines against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Pinehurst-Southern Pines is #350 of 518 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside North Carolina, Gainesville and Rome pay just above Pinehurst-Southern Pines and Davenport-Moline and Yuma just below. All four are within $70 a year of the median in Pinehurst-Southern Pines. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, one pays more.

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