Sales Development Representative salary in Seattle-Tacoma, WA

Pay in Seattle-Tacoma against Washington and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in Seattle-Tacoma earns $65,820–$113,010. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $158,990, only 3.3 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($96,550) is 17% 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 $47,190 wide, against $47,960 across Washington and $52,810 nationally: employers in Seattle-Tacoma 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 $30,470 over the median, the 25th only $16,720 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $39,316 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 25th percentile and the median in Seattle-Tacoma, and the Washington statewide median of $79,920 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Seattle-Tacoma

At the $82,540 median, a local hire costs about $106,503 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $23,963 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 Seattle-Tacoma

Of the 17 roles we track in Seattle-Tacoma, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between recruiters ($92,770) and office managers ($81,640). Project Coordinator is the highest at $130,380.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #12 of the 17 roles we track in Seattle-Tacoma (+17.9%), between accountants (+18.8%) and office managers (+17.5%). The typical role here is at +19.4%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Sales development representatives hold 5.9% of the jobs in the 16 of these roles with a job count in Seattle-Tacoma, 5.6% across Washington and 8.0% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Washington

Across the 13 areas of Washington with data for this job, the median runs from $57,680 in Yakima to $82,540 in Seattle-Tacoma, a gap of $24,860 a year. No other area in Washington has as many sales development representatives, and all 12 others pay less.

Seattle-Tacoma against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Seattle-Tacoma is #21 of 518 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job and one of the better-paying ones. Outside Washington, Boston-Cambridge and New York-Newark pay just above Seattle-Tacoma and Denver-Aurora and Midland just below. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, one pays more.

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