Sales Development Representative salary in Trenton-Princeton, NJ

Pay in Trenton-Princeton against New Jersey and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in Trenton-Princeton earns $56,690–$108,680. The top tenth earns $161,490 or more, 3.7 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 3.9 times. The mean ($90,430) 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 $51,990 wide, against $54,790 across New Jersey and $52,810 nationally: employers in Trenton-Princeton pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a sales development representative here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $20,800 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $31,190, or about $40,245 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 25th percentile and the median in Trenton-Princeton, and the New Jersey statewide median of $79,200 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in Trenton-Princeton

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 $22,497 to the $77,490 median and brings it to $99,987 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 Trenton-Princeton

Of the 17 roles we track in Trenton-Princeton, this one ranks #7 by median pay, between office managers ($79,460) and paralegals ($73,250). Project Coordinator is the highest at $113,750.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #8 of the 17 roles we track in Trenton-Princeton (+10.7%), between project coordinators (+11.2%) and medical administrative assistants (+7.1%). The typical role here is at +7.1%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost more in Trenton-Princeton than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 6.3% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Trenton-Princeton, 9.3% across New Jersey and 7.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in New Jersey

Across the 3 areas of New Jersey with data for this job, the median runs from $62,950 in Vineland to $77,490 in Trenton-Princeton, a gap of $14,540 a year. No other area in New Jersey has as many sales development representatives, and both others pay less.

Trenton-Princeton against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Trenton-Princeton is #102 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 New Jersey, Bremerton-Silverdale and Providence-Warwick pay just above Trenton-Princeton and Worcester and Fort Collins-Loveland just below. All four are within $270 a year of the median in Trenton-Princeton. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, none pays as much.

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