Sales Development Representative salary in the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area

Pay in the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area against Colorado and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area earns $58,460–$89,150. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $118,510, only 2.8 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 $30,690 wide, against $55,750 across Colorado and $52,810 nationally: employers in the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a sales development representative here

Local pay is bunched just above the median: the 75th percentile is only $10,760 over it, while the 25th sits $19,930 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $13,884 more a year with benefits. 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 Southwest Colorado nonmetro area, and the Colorado statewide median of $79,810 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in the Southwest Colorado 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 $22,758 to the $78,390 median and brings it to $101,148 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 Southwest Colorado nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($79,700) and paralegals ($69,110). Project Coordinator is the highest at $96,080.

Measured against the US median, this job is the best paid of the 17 roles we track in the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area (+12.0%); executive assistants come last (-28.3%). The typical role here is at -2.7%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost more in the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 9.9% of the jobs in the 15 of these roles with a job count in the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area, 12.1% across Colorado and 8.2% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Colorado

Across the 10 areas of Colorado with data for this job, the median runs from $66,610 in Grand Junction to $99,990 in Boulder, a gap of $33,380 a year. Of the 6 areas in Colorado with more sales development representatives than the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area, 4 pay less, the largest of them Colorado Springs, CO ($75,830), Fort Collins-Loveland, CO ($77,320) and the Northwest Colorado nonmetro area ($77,730).

the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area is #153 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 Colorado, Lawrence and Atlanta-Sandy Springs pay just above the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area and Bridgeport-Stamford and Washington-Arlington just below. All four are within $560 a year of the median in the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, none pays as much.

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