Sales Development Representative salary in Salem, OR

Pay in Salem against Oregon and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in Salem earns $47,810–$83,570. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $131,710, only 3.4 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($75,410) is 21% 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 $35,760 wide, against $48,050 across Oregon and $52,810 nationally: employers in Salem 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 $21,170 a year in pay and about $27,316 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $14,590 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 Salem, and the Oregon statewide median of $67,040 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Salem

At the $62,400 median, a local hire costs about $80,516 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,116 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 Salem

Of the 17 roles we track in Salem, this one ranks #7 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($64,160) and payroll specialists ($61,590). Project Coordinator is the highest at $102,730.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #16 of the 17 roles we track in Salem (-10.8%), between paralegals (-9.0%) and marketing specialists (-18.5%). The typical role here is at +5.7%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in Salem than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 3.8% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Salem, 5.5% across Oregon and 7.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Oregon

Across the 11 areas of Oregon with data for this job, the median runs from $44,630 in the Central Oregon nonmetro area to $74,900 in Portland-Vancouver, a gap of $30,270 a year. Of the 2 areas in Oregon with more sales development representatives than Salem, 1 pays less: Eugene-Springfield, OR ($60,090).

Salem against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Salem is #189 of 518 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Oregon, Greensboro-High Point and Chambersburg pay just above Salem and Monroe and Evansville just below. All four are within $150 a year of the median in Salem. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, none pays as much.

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