Sales Development Representative salary in the Southern Indiana nonmetro area

Pay in the Southern Indiana nonmetro area against Indiana and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in the Southern Indiana nonmetro area earns $45,230–$82,380. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $123,830, only 3.4 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($74,650) is 23% 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 $37,150 wide, against $43,800 across Indiana and $52,810 nationally: employers in the Southern Indiana 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 $21,660 a year in pay and about $27,948 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $15,490 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 Southern Indiana nonmetro area, and the Indiana statewide median of $63,960 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Southern Indiana nonmetro area

At the $60,720 median, a local hire costs about $78,348 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $17,628 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 Southern Indiana nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Southern Indiana nonmetro area, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between recruiters ($62,680) and marketing specialists ($59,680). Project Coordinator is the highest at $80,990.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #7 of the 17 roles we track in the Southern Indiana nonmetro area (-13.2%), between virtual receptionists (-10.5%) and accountants (-13.3%). The typical role here is at -14.5%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Sales development representatives hold 6.4% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Southern Indiana nonmetro area, 8.2% across Indiana and 7.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Indiana

Across the 15 areas of Indiana with data for this job, the median runs from $53,660 in Kokomo to $65,850 in Indianapolis-Carmel, a gap of $12,190 a year. Of the 5 areas in Indiana with more sales development representatives than the Southern Indiana nonmetro area, 1 pays less: the Northern Indiana nonmetro area ($59,410).

the Southern Indiana nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southern Indiana nonmetro area is #185 of 518 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Indiana, Mankato and St. Louis pay just above the Southern Indiana nonmetro area and Farmington and Columbus just below. All four are within $160 a year of the median in the Southern Indiana nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, one pays more.

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