Sales Development Representative salary in the Sussex Delaware nonmetro area

Pay in the Sussex Delaware nonmetro area against Delaware and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in the Sussex Delaware nonmetro area earns $53,840–$108,090. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $128,930, only 3.1 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 $54,250 wide, wider than in Delaware as a whole ($43,180) and the US ($52,810), so what a sales development representative earns in the Sussex Delaware nonmetro area depends more on the employer.

What to budget for a sales development representative here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $25,300 a year in pay and about $32,645 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $28,950 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 25th percentile and the median in the Sussex Delaware nonmetro area, and the Delaware statewide median of $67,540 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Sussex Delaware 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 $24,036 to the $82,790 median and brings it to $106,826 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 Sussex Delaware nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the Sussex Delaware nonmetro area, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($93,310) and recruiters ($76,210). Project Coordinator is the highest at $101,040.

Measured against the US median, this job is the best paid of the 16 roles we track in the Sussex Delaware nonmetro area (+18.3%); e-commerce order specialists come last (-20.6%). The typical role here is at -4.3%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost more in the Sussex Delaware nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 8.9% of the jobs in the 15 of these roles with a job count in the Sussex Delaware nonmetro area, 5.8% across Delaware and 8.5% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Delaware

Across the 2 areas of Delaware with data for this job, the median runs from $63,910 in Dover to $82,790 in the Sussex Delaware nonmetro area, a gap of $18,880 a year. No other area in Delaware has as many sales development representatives, and the other one pays less.

the Sussex Delaware nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Sussex Delaware nonmetro area is #192 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 Delaware, Boston-Cambridge and New York-Newark pay just above the Sussex Delaware nonmetro area and Seattle-Tacoma and Denver-Aurora just below. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, none pays as much.

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