Sales Development Representative salary in Rochester, MN

Pay in Rochester against Minnesota and the US

Sales development representatives at the 90th percentile earn $142,490, 3.8 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 3.9. The middle half of sales development representatives in Rochester earns $46,090–$97,690. The mean ($77,260) 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 $51,600 wide, between the figure for Minnesota ($51,350) 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 $20,950 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $30,650, or about $39,548 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 Rochester, and the Minnesota statewide median of $75,370 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Rochester

At the $67,040 median, a local hire costs about $86,503 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $19,463 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 Rochester

Of the 14 roles we track in Rochester, this one ranks #7 by median pay, between office managers ($72,940) and payroll specialists ($63,550). Project Coordinator is the highest at $106,270.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 14 roles we track in Rochester (-4.2%); HR assistants come first (+19.6%). The typical role here is at +5.3%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in Rochester than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 6.0% of the jobs in these 14 roles in Rochester, 7.0% across Minnesota and 8.5% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Minnesota

Across the 9 areas of Minnesota with data for this job, the median runs from $59,630 in the Northwest Minnesota nonmetro area to $77,120 in Minneapolis-St. Paul, a gap of $17,490 a year. Of the 5 areas in Minnesota with more sales development representatives than Rochester, 4 pay less, the largest of them the Northwest Minnesota nonmetro area ($59,630), St. Cloud, MN ($59,650) and Duluth, MN-WI ($61,710).

Rochester against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Rochester is #261 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 Minnesota, Lansing-East Lansing and Cedar Rapids pay just above Rochester and Stockton-Lodi and Santa Rosa-Petaluma just below. All four are within $320 a year of the median in Rochester. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, none pays as much.

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