Sales Development Representative salary in the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area

Pay in the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area against Kentucky and the US

Sales development representatives at the 90th percentile earn $122,290, 3.5 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 3.9. The middle half of sales development representatives in the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area earns $39,220–$80,040. The mean ($65,760) is 27% 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 $40,820 wide, between the figure for Kentucky ($38,190) and the US figure ($52,810).

What to budget for a sales development representative here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $28,270 over the median, the 25th only $12,550 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $36,477 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 the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area, and the Kentucky statewide median of $52,750 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area

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 $15,030 to the $51,770 median and brings it to $66,800 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 the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area, this one ranks #7 by median pay, between office managers ($53,000) and paralegals ($46,590). Project Coordinator is the highest at $73,850.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #15 of the 17 roles we track in the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area (-26.0%), between paralegals (-25.9%) and project coordinators (-27.8%). The typical role here is at -20.1%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 3.6% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area, 6.0% across Kentucky and 7.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Kentucky

Across the 10 areas of Kentucky with data for this job, the median runs from $47,590 in Owensboro to $55,780 in Paducah, a gap of $8,190 a year. Of the 3 areas in Kentucky with more sales development representatives than the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area, 2 pay less: Lexington-Fayette, KY ($50,690) and the Central Kentucky nonmetro area ($50,320).

the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area is #225 of 518 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Kentucky, Monroe and Myrtle Beach-Conway pay just above the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area and College Station-Bryan and Auburn-Opelika just below. All four are within $50 a year of the median in the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, all three pay more.

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