Sales Development Representative salary in the South Florida nonmetro area

Pay in the South Florida nonmetro area against Florida and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in the South Florida nonmetro area earns $42,540–$82,170. The top tenth earns $118,470 or more, 3.7 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 3.9 times. The mean ($70,450) is 13% 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 $39,630 wide, against $40,930 across Florida and $52,810 nationally: employers in the South Florida nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a sales development representative here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $19,580 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $20,050, or about $25,871 once benefits are added. 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 Florida nonmetro area, and the Florida statewide median of $60,660 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in the South Florida nonmetro area

At the $62,120 median, a local hire costs about $80,155 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,035 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 the South Florida nonmetro area

Of the 15 roles we track in the South Florida nonmetro area, this one ranks #7 by median pay, between office managers ($62,230) and paralegals ($56,700). Project Coordinator is the highest at $86,170.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #9 of the 15 roles we track in the South Florida nonmetro area (-11.2%), between medical administrative assistants (-11.2%) and data entry specialists (-11.9%). The typical role here is at -11.2%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Sales development representatives hold 8.2% of the jobs in these 15 roles in the South Florida nonmetro area, 9.4% across Florida and 8.0% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Florida

Across the 24 areas of Florida with data for this job, the median runs from $46,070 in Lakeland-Winter Haven to $64,410 in Naples-Marco Island, a gap of $18,340 a year. Of the 17 areas in Florida with more sales development representatives than the South Florida nonmetro area, 16 pay less, the largest of them Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ($62,090), Orlando-Kissimmee, FL ($58,870) and Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL ($59,600).

the South Florida nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the South Florida nonmetro area is #209 of 518 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Florida, Iowa City and Riverside-San Bernardino pay just above the South Florida nonmetro area and Traverse City and Longview just below. All four are within $110 a year of the median in the South Florida nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, none pays as much.

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