Sales Development Representative salary in the South Georgia nonmetro area

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

Sales development representatives at the 90th percentile earn $123,690, 3.7 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 3.9. The middle half of sales development representatives in the South Georgia nonmetro area earns $37,890–$79,370. The mean ($65,330) is 20% 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 $41,480 wide, against $55,400 across Georgia and $52,810 nationally: employers in the South Georgia nonmetro area 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 $24,790 a year in pay and about $31,987 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $16,690 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 the South Georgia nonmetro area, and the Georgia statewide median of $75,280 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the South Georgia 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 $15,846 to the $54,580 median and brings it to $70,426 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 Georgia nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the South Georgia nonmetro area, this one ranks #8 by median pay, between paralegals ($55,000) and payroll specialists ($52,000). Project Coordinator is the highest at $79,640.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #14 of the 17 roles we track in the South Georgia nonmetro area (-22.0%), between executive assistants (-21.8%) and project coordinators (-22.2%). The typical role here is at -19.3%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Sales development representatives hold 4.0% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the South Georgia nonmetro area, 9.2% across Georgia and 7.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Georgia

Across the 18 areas of Georgia with data for this job, the median runs from $48,120 in the East Georgia nonmetro area to $78,950 in Atlanta-Sandy Springs, a gap of $30,830 a year. All 6 areas in Georgia with more sales development representatives than the South Georgia nonmetro area also pay more, among them Atlanta-Sandy Springs, GA ($78,950) and Savannah, GA ($61,510).

the South Georgia nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the South Georgia nonmetro area is #220 of 518 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Georgia, Sioux City and Michigan City-La Porte pay just above the South Georgia nonmetro area and Waco and Cheyenne just below. All four are within $360 a year of the median in the South Georgia nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, all three pay more.

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