Sales Development Representative salary in Portland-South Portland, ME

Pay in Portland-South Portland against Maine and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in Portland-South Portland earns $48,640–$92,830. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $122,450, only 3.0 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($76,920) is 13% 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 $44,190 wide, between the figure for Maine ($35,350) and the US figure ($52,810).

What to budget for a sales development representative here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $19,730 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $24,460, or about $31,561 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 median and the 75th percentile in Portland-South Portland, and the Maine statewide median of $63,900 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Portland-South Portland

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 $19,849 to the $68,370 median and brings it to $88,219 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 Portland-South Portland

Of the 17 roles we track in Portland-South Portland, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between office managers ($70,240) and executive assistants ($66,750). Project Coordinator is the highest at $105,530.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #14 of the 17 roles we track in Portland-South Portland (-2.3%), between office managers (+1.1%) and accountants (-4.6%). The typical role here is at +2.8%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in Portland-South Portland than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 4.4% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Portland-South Portland, 3.9% across Maine and 7.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Maine

Across the 5 areas of Maine with data for this job, the median runs from $47,260 in the Southwest Maine nonmetro area to $68,370 in Portland-South Portland, a gap of $21,110 a year. No other area in Maine has as many sales development representatives, and all 4 others pay less.

Portland-South Portland against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Portland-South Portland is #135 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 Maine, Raleigh-Cary and Casper pay just above Portland-South Portland and Albany-Schenectady and Rochester just below. All four are within $970 a year of the median in Portland-South Portland. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, one pays more.

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