Sales Development Representative salary in Saginaw, MI

Pay in Saginaw against Michigan and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in Saginaw earns $39,970–$78,900. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $103,570, only 2.8 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($65,290) is 14% 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 $38,930 wide, against $53,780 across Michigan and $52,810 nationally: employers in Saginaw pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a sales development representative here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $21,400 a year in pay and about $27,613 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $17,530 in pay. 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 Saginaw, and the Michigan statewide median of $73,380 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Saginaw

At the $57,500 median, a local hire costs about $74,194 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $16,694 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 Saginaw

Of the 17 roles we track in Saginaw, this one ranks #8 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($58,870) and paralegals ($48,740). Project Coordinator is the highest at $94,960.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #14 of the 17 roles we track in Saginaw (-17.8%), between data entry specialists (-13.1%) and customer support specialists (-19.3%). The typical role here is at -10.9%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in Saginaw than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 5.0% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Saginaw, 6.7% across Michigan and 7.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Michigan

Across the 19 areas of Michigan with data for this job, the median runs from $49,700 in Muskegon-Norton Shores to $76,990 in Detroit-Warren, a gap of $27,290 a year. Of the 9 areas in Michigan with more sales development representatives than Saginaw, 1 pays less: the Mid Michigan nonmetro area ($56,940).

Saginaw against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Saginaw is #280 of 518 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Michigan, Bloomington and Cape Coral-Fort Myers pay just above Saginaw and Corpus Christi and Wildwood-The Villages just below. All four are within $120 a year of the median in Saginaw. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, one pays more.

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