Sales Development Representative salary in St. Louis, MO-IL

Pay in St. Louis against Missouri and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in St. Louis earns $43,610–$82,460. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $124,800, only 3.5 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($71,420) is 17% 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 $38,850 wide, against $41,570 across Missouri and $52,810 nationally: employers in St. Louis 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 $21,600 a year in pay and about $27,871 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $17,250 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 St. Louis, and the Missouri statewide median of $60,440 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in St. Louis

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 $17,669 to the $60,860 median and brings it to $78,529 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 St. Louis

Of the 17 roles we track in St. Louis, this one ranks #8 by median pay, between paralegals ($61,970) and payroll specialists ($59,190). Project Coordinator is the highest at $100,510.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #16 of the 17 roles we track in St. Louis (-13.0%), between marketing specialists (-5.9%) and executive assistants (-17.1%). The typical role here is at -2.8%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in St. Louis than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 5.9% of the jobs in these 17 roles in St. Louis, 5.1% across Missouri and 7.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Missouri

Across the 12 areas of Missouri with data for this job, the median runs from $39,360 in the North Missouri nonmetro area to $64,950 in Kansas City, a gap of $25,590 a year. The one area in Missouri with more sales development representatives, Kansas City, MO-KS ($64,950), also pays more.

St. Louis against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, St. Louis is #34 of 518 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, with pay near the middle of the US range. Outside Missouri, Reading and Modesto pay just above St. Louis and Mankato and Fort Wayne just below. All four are within $110 a year of the median in St. Louis. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, two pay more.

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