Sales Development Representative salary in the Southern Vermont nonmetro area

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

The middle half of sales development representatives in the Southern Vermont nonmetro area earns $61,190–$99,360. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $154,540, only 3.2 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($90,420) is 19% 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 $38,170 wide, between the figure for Vermont ($36,450) and the US figure ($52,810).

What to budget for a sales development representative here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $23,400 over the median, the 25th only $14,770 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $30,194 a year in employer cost. 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 Vermont nonmetro area, and the Vermont statewide median of $77,530 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in the Southern Vermont nonmetro area

At the $75,960 median, a local hire costs about $98,013 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $22,053 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 Vermont nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Southern Vermont nonmetro area, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between recruiters ($77,670) and accountants ($75,280). Project Coordinator is the highest at $81,640.

Measured against the US median, this job is the best paid of the 17 roles we track in the Southern Vermont nonmetro area (+8.5%); project coordinators come last (-20.2%). The typical role here is at +1.1%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost more in the Southern Vermont nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 5.2% of the jobs in the 16 of these roles with a job count in the Southern Vermont nonmetro area, 4.8% across Vermont and 8.0% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Vermont

Across the 3 areas of Vermont with data for this job, the median runs from $75,960 in the Southern Vermont nonmetro area to $79,680 in Burlington-South Burlington, a gap of $3,720 a year. The one area in Vermont with more sales development representatives, Burlington-South Burlington, VT ($79,680), also pays more.

the Southern Vermont nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southern Vermont nonmetro area is #342 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 Vermont, Mount Vernon-Anacortes and Waterbury-Shelton pay just above the Southern Vermont nonmetro area and Anchorage and Colorado Springs just below. All four are within $590 a year of the median in the Southern Vermont nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, none pays as much.

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