Sales Development Representative salary in the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area

Pay in the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area against Pennsylvania and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area earns $39,520–$77,540. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $98,770, only 2.8 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($63,900) is 8% 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 $38,020 wide, against $49,800 across Pennsylvania and $52,810 nationally: employers in the Southwestern Pennsylvania 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 $18,480 a year in pay and about $23,845 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $19,540 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 Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area, and the Pennsylvania statewide median of $64,480 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area

At the $59,060 median, a local hire costs about $76,206 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $17,146 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 Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area, this one ranks #7 by median pay, between office managers ($59,500) and payroll specialists ($52,240). Project Coordinator is the highest at $94,870.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #12 of the 17 roles we track in the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area (-15.6%), between recruiters (-15.1%) and medical administrative assistants (-16.8%). The typical role here is at -14.5%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Sales development representatives hold 4.4% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area, 7.0% across Pennsylvania and 7.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Pennsylvania

Across the 20 areas of Pennsylvania with data for this job, the median runs from $51,640 in Gettysburg to $71,020 in Philadelphia-Camden, a gap of $19,380 a year. Of the 10 areas in Pennsylvania with more sales development representatives than the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area, 3 pay less: Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, PA ($56,330), the Central Pennsylvania nonmetro area ($56,790) and Erie, PA ($56,210).

the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area is #265 of 518 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Pennsylvania, Wichita and Memphis pay just above the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area and Roanoke and Orlando-Kissimmee just below. All four are within $190 a year of the median in the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, all three pay more.

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