Sales Development Representative salary in the Southern Michigan nonmetro area

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

The middle half of sales development representatives in the Southern Michigan nonmetro area earns $44,840–$93,250. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $126,240, only 3.4 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $48,410 wide, against $53,780 across Michigan and $52,810 nationally: employers in the Southern Michigan 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 $26,740 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $21,670, or about $27,961 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 25th percentile and the median in the Southern Michigan nonmetro area, and the Michigan statewide median of $73,380 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in the Southern Michigan 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 $20,781 to the $71,580 median and brings it to $92,361 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 Southern Michigan nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Southern Michigan nonmetro area, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($74,430) and recruiters ($66,420). Project Coordinator is the highest at $96,590.

Measured against the US median, this job is the best paid of the 17 roles we track in the Southern Michigan nonmetro area (+2.3%); marketing specialists come last (-22.6%). The typical role here is at -9.3%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost more in the Southern Michigan nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 4.7% of the jobs in the 16 of these roles with a job count in the Southern Michigan nonmetro area, 6.8% across Michigan and 8.0% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Michigan

Across the 19 areas of Michigan with data for this job, the median runs from $49,700 in Muskegon-Norton Shores to $76,990 in Detroit-Warren, a gap of $27,290 a year. Of the 7 areas in Michigan with more sales development representatives than the Southern Michigan nonmetro area, 5 pay less, the largest of them Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI ($66,340), Lansing-East Lansing, MI ($67,090) and Flint, MI ($61,110).

the Southern Michigan nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southern Michigan nonmetro area is #276 of 518 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside Michigan, Bellingham and Sacramento-Roseville pay just above the Southern Michigan nonmetro area and Kingston and Reno just below. All four are within $400 a year of the median in the Southern Michigan nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, none pays as much.

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