Sales Development Representative salary in Tucson, AZ

Pay in Tucson against Arizona and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in Tucson earns $46,330–$92,210. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $118,550, only 3.2 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($73,430) 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 $45,880 wide, against $48,530 across Arizona and $52,810 nationally: employers in Tucson 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 $29,310 over the median, the 25th only $16,570 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $37,819 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 Tucson, and the Arizona statewide median of $72,920 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Tucson

At the $62,900 median, a local hire costs about $81,161 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,261 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 Tucson

Of the 17 roles we track in Tucson, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between recruiters ($63,950) and marketing specialists ($59,540). Project Coordinator is the highest at $91,500.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #9 of the 17 roles we track in Tucson (-10.1%), between HR assistants (-9.4%) and customer support specialists (-10.5%). The typical role here is at -10.1%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Sales development representatives hold 5.9% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Tucson, 7.5% across Arizona and 7.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Arizona

Across the 8 areas of Arizona with data for this job, the median runs from $57,200 in Yuma to $74,910 in Phoenix-Mesa, a gap of $17,710 a year. The one area in Arizona with more sales development representatives, Phoenix-Mesa, AZ ($74,910), also pays more.

Tucson against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Tucson is #80 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 Arizona, Manhattan and Austin-Round Rock pay just above Tucson and Lafayette-West Lafayette and Appleton just below. All four are within $60 a year of the median in Tucson. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, two pay more.

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