Sales Development Representative salary in Traverse City, MI

Pay in Traverse City against Michigan and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in Traverse City earns $44,620–$81,340. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $119,120, only 3.1 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($69,880) is 13% 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 $36,720 wide, against $53,780 across Michigan and $52,810 nationally: employers in Traverse City pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a sales development representative here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $17,490 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $19,230, or about $24,813 once benefits are added. 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 Traverse City, and the Michigan statewide median of $73,380 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Traverse City

At the $62,110 median, a local hire costs about $80,142 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,032 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 Traverse City

Of the 16 roles we track in Traverse City, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between recruiters ($64,480) and office managers ($61,760). Project Coordinator is the highest at $83,720.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #11 of the 16 roles we track in Traverse City (-11.3%), between office managers (-11.1%) and e-commerce order specialists (-12.3%). The typical role here is at -10.6%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Sales development representatives hold 5.5% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Traverse City, 6.7% across Michigan and 8.0% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Michigan

Across the 19 areas of Michigan with data for this job, the median runs from $49,700 in Muskegon-Norton Shores to $76,990 in Detroit-Warren, a gap of $27,290 a year. Of the 10 areas in Michigan with more sales development representatives than Traverse City, 5 pay less, the largest of them Flint, MI ($61,110), Kalamazoo-Portage, MI ($61,420) and the Mid Michigan nonmetro area ($56,940).

Traverse City against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Traverse City is #322 of 518 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Michigan, Crestview-Fort Walton Beach and Iowa City pay just above Traverse City and Miami-Fort Lauderdale and Longview just below. All four are within $50 a year of the median in Traverse City. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, one pays more.

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