Sales Development Representative salary in the Southeast Iowa nonmetro area

Pay in the Southeast Iowa nonmetro area against Iowa and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in the Southeast Iowa nonmetro area earns $46,340–$82,510. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $115,030, only 3.3 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($69,860) is 12% 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 $36,170 wide, against $41,270 across Iowa and $52,810 nationally: employers in the Southeast Iowa 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 $20,050 a year in pay and about $25,871 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $16,120 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 Southeast Iowa nonmetro area, and the Iowa statewide median of $62,420 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in the Southeast Iowa nonmetro area

At the $62,460 median, a local hire costs about $80,594 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,134 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 Southeast Iowa nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Southeast Iowa nonmetro area, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($64,220) and office managers ($62,440). Project Coordinator is the highest at $84,430.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #11 of the 17 roles we track in the Southeast Iowa nonmetro area (-10.8%), between administrative assistants (-10.3%) and recruiters (-13.8%). The typical role here is at -10.2%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Sales development representatives hold 3.3% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Southeast Iowa nonmetro area, 4.8% across Iowa and 7.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Iowa

Across the 12 areas of Iowa with data for this job, the median runs from $47,120 in the Southwest Iowa nonmetro area to $67,360 in Cedar Rapids, a gap of $20,240 a year. Of the 3 areas in Iowa with more sales development representatives than the Southeast Iowa nonmetro area, 1 pays less: Davenport-Moline, IA-IL ($57,250).

the Southeast Iowa nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southeast Iowa nonmetro area is #263 of 518 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Iowa, Greensboro-High Point and Chambersburg pay just above the Southeast Iowa nonmetro area and Salem and Monroe just below. All four are within $180 a year of the median in the Southeast Iowa nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, two pay more.

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