Sales Development Representative salary in the South Nebraska nonmetro area

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

The middle half of sales development representatives in the South Nebraska nonmetro area earns $42,480–$67,030. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $92,770, only 2.7 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($60,590) 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 $24,550 wide, against $32,820 across Nebraska and $52,810 nationally: employers in the South Nebraska 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 $11,360 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $13,190, or about $17,019 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 75th and 90th percentiles in the South Nebraska nonmetro area, and the Nebraska statewide median of $57,770 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local sales development representatives earn.

What a hire really costs in the South Nebraska 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 $15,631 to the $53,840 median and brings it to $69,471 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 Nebraska nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the South Nebraska nonmetro area, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between executive assistants ($56,630) and marketing specialists ($51,440). Project Coordinator is the highest at $79,700.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #13 of the 17 roles we track in the South Nebraska nonmetro area (-23.1%), between project coordinators (-22.1%) and accountants (-23.5%). The typical role here is at -14.8%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in the South Nebraska nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 3.4% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the South Nebraska nonmetro area, 6.1% across Nebraska and 7.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Nebraska

Across the 6 areas of Nebraska with data for this job, the median runs from $44,300 in Grand Island to $61,790 in Lincoln, a gap of $17,490 a year. All 2 areas in Nebraska with more sales development representatives than the South Nebraska nonmetro area also pay more, among them Omaha, NE-IA ($60,130) and Lincoln, NE ($61,790).

the South Nebraska nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the South Nebraska nonmetro area is #283 of 518 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Nebraska, Bangor and Great Falls pay just above the South Nebraska nonmetro area and Ocala and Kokomo just below. All four are within $180 a year of the median in the South Nebraska nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, two pay more.

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