Sales Development Representative salary in the Southwest Maine nonmetro area

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

The middle half of sales development representatives in the Southwest Maine nonmetro area earns $40,100–$64,990. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $91,740, only 2.4 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($57,620) is 22% 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 $24,890 wide, against $35,350 across Maine and $52,810 nationally: employers in the Southwest Maine nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a sales development representative here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $17,730 over the median, the 25th only $7,160 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $22,877 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 75th and 90th percentiles in the Southwest Maine nonmetro area, and the Maine statewide median of $63,900 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local sales development representatives earn.

What a hire really costs in the Southwest Maine 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 $13,721 to the $47,260 median and brings it to $60,981 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 Maine nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the Southwest Maine nonmetro area, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between administrative assistants ($47,790) and medical administrative assistants ($47,120). Project Coordinator is the highest at $94,320.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 16 roles we track in the Southwest Maine nonmetro area (-32.5%); virtual receptionists come first (+9.9%). The typical role here is at -5.2%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in the Southwest Maine nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 2.6% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the Southwest Maine nonmetro area, 3.9% across Maine and 8.0% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Maine

Across the 5 areas of Maine with data for this job, the median runs from $47,260 in the Southwest Maine nonmetro area to $68,370 in Portland-South Portland, a gap of $21,110 a year. The one area in Maine with more sales development representatives, Portland-South Portland, ME ($68,370), also pays more.

the Southwest Maine nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southwest Maine nonmetro area is #344 of 518 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Maine, Lake Charles and Twin Falls pay just above the Southwest Maine nonmetro area and St. Joseph and Anniston-Oxford just below. All four are within $160 a year of the median in the Southwest Maine nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, all three pay more.

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