Sales Development Representative salary in the Southeast Minnesota nonmetro area

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

The middle half of sales development representatives in the Southeast Minnesota nonmetro area earns $43,310–$80,380. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $106,130, only 2.9 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($68,650) is 14% 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 $37,070 wide, against $51,350 across Minnesota and $52,810 nationally: employers in the Southeast Minnesota 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 $16,680 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $20,390, or about $26,310 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 Southeast Minnesota nonmetro area, and the Minnesota statewide median of $75,370 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Southeast Minnesota 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 $17,416 to the $59,990 median and brings it to $77,406 a year. Recruiting, equipment and office space come on top. Benefit levels vary by employer, so treat this as an estimate.

We place executive assistants, customer support and e-commerce staff today; for sales development representatives we answer within one business day whether we can help. Enter the monthly pay you have in mind to compare it with a local hire. The fee field shows our standard fee³; Deel's contractor plan is the default payroll tool⁴.

Other roles in the Southeast Minnesota nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Southeast Minnesota nonmetro area, this one ranks #8 by median pay, between paralegals ($64,020) and payroll specialists ($58,410). Project Coordinator is the highest at $92,570.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 17 roles we track in the Southeast Minnesota nonmetro area (-14.3%); data entry specialists come first (+12.2%). The typical role here is at -1.4%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in the Southeast Minnesota nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 4.7% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Southeast Minnesota nonmetro area, 6.6% across Minnesota and 7.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Minnesota

Across the 9 areas of Minnesota with data for this job, the median runs from $59,630 in the Northwest Minnesota nonmetro area to $77,120 in Minneapolis-St. Paul, a gap of $17,490 a year. Of the 3 areas in Minnesota with more sales development representatives than the Southeast Minnesota nonmetro area, 2 pay less: the Northwest Minnesota nonmetro area ($59,630) and St. Cloud, MN ($59,650).

the Southeast Minnesota nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southeast Minnesota nonmetro area is #240 of 518 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Minnesota, Rocky Mount and Cincinnati pay just above the Southeast Minnesota nonmetro area and Missoula and Billings just below. All four are within $60 a year of the median in the Southeast Minnesota nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, two pay more.

Questions

Sources

How these pages are built: methodology and data sources. Last updated 2026-11-12.