Sales Development Representative salary in Salinas, CA

Pay in Salinas against California and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in Salinas earns $44,670–$81,040. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $122,660, only 3.2 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($70,450) is 33% 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 $36,370 wide, against $67,790 across California and $52,810 nationally: employers in Salinas 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 $27,900 over the median, the 25th only $8,470 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $36,000 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 Salinas, and the California statewide median of $80,850 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Salinas

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 $15,428 to the $53,140 median and brings it to $68,568 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 Salinas

Of the 17 roles we track in Salinas, this one ranks #11 by median pay, between administrative assistants ($57,340) and HR assistants ($53,000). Project Coordinator is the highest at $102,400.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 17 roles we track in Salinas (-24.1%); administrative assistants come first (+20.6%). The typical role here is at +4.7%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in Salinas than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 7.5% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Salinas, 9.4% across California and 7.9% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in California

Across the 28 areas of California with data for this job, the median runs from $46,050 in Hanford-Corcoran to $116,510 in San Jose-Sunnyvale, a gap of $70,460 a year. All 13 areas in California with more sales development representatives than Salinas also pay more, among them Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA ($79,450) and San Francisco-Oakland, CA ($96,960).

Salinas against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Salinas is #172 of 518 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside California, Homosassa Springs and Springfield pay just above Salinas and Coeur d'Alene and Grants Pass just below. All four are within $310 a year of the median in Salinas. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, one pays more.

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