Sales Development Representative salary in Stockton-Lodi, CA

Pay in Stockton-Lodi against California and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in Stockton-Lodi earns $46,760–$95,470. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $128,230, only 3.2 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($76,510) is 14% 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 $48,710 wide, against $67,790 across California and $52,810 nationally: employers in Stockton-Lodi 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 $28,560 a year in pay and about $36,852 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $20,150 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 Stockton-Lodi, and the California statewide median of $80,850 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Stockton-Lodi

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 $19,425 to the $66,910 median and brings it to $86,335 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 Stockton-Lodi

Of the 17 roles we track in Stockton-Lodi, this one ranks #8 by median pay, between paralegals ($70,520) and payroll specialists ($61,230). Project Coordinator is the highest at $104,240.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #16 of the 17 roles we track in Stockton-Lodi (-4.4%), between accountants (-0.1%) and marketing specialists (-6.5%). The typical role here is at +5.1%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in Stockton-Lodi than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 6.7% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Stockton-Lodi, 9.4% across California and 7.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in California

Across the 28 areas of California with data for this job, the median runs from $46,050 in Hanford-Corcoran to $116,510 in San Jose-Sunnyvale, a gap of $70,460 a year. Of the 11 areas in California with more sales development representatives than Stockton-Lodi, 5 pay less, the largest of them Riverside-San Bernardino, CA ($62,230), Fresno, CA ($61,820) and Oxnard-Thousand Oaks, CA ($64,670).

Stockton-Lodi against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Stockton-Lodi is #122 of 518 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job and one of the better-paying ones. Outside California, Rochester and Lansing-East Lansing pay just above Stockton-Lodi and Grand Junction and Grand Rapids-Wyoming just below. All four are within $570 a year of the median in Stockton-Lodi. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, one pays more.

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