Sales Development Representative salary in Toledo, OH

Pay in Toledo against Ohio and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in Toledo earns $39,540–$78,620. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $116,240, only 3.4 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($65,390) 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 $39,080 wide, against $40,100 across Ohio and $52,810 nationally: employers in Toledo 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 $25,150 over the median, the 25th only $13,930 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $32,452 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 median and the 75th percentile in Toledo, and the Ohio statewide median of $59,390 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Toledo

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 $15,524 to the $53,470 median and brings it to $68,994 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 Toledo

Of the 17 roles we track in Toledo, this one ranks #9 by median pay, between payroll specialists ($58,170) and bookkeepers ($47,840). Project Coordinator is the highest at $81,940.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 17 roles we track in Toledo (-23.6%); e-commerce order specialists come first (+0.6%). The typical role here is at -6.9%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in Toledo than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 6.9% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Toledo, 7.5% across Ohio and 7.9% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Ohio

Across the 16 areas of Ohio with data for this job, the median runs from $46,370 in Mansfield to $61,640 in Dayton-Kettering, a gap of $15,270 a year. All 5 areas in Ohio with more sales development representatives than Toledo also pay more, among them Cincinnati, OH-KY ($60,000) and Columbus, OH ($59,390).

Toledo against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Toledo is #101 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 Ohio, Kahului-Wailuku and Sherman-Denison pay just above Toledo and Homosassa Springs and El Centro just below. All four are within $230 a year of the median in Toledo. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, two pay more.

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