Sales Development Representative salary in Tulsa, OK

Pay in Tulsa against Oklahoma and the US

Sales development representatives at the 90th percentile earn $102,100, 3.6 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 3.9. The middle half of sales development representatives in Tulsa earns $37,780–$78,650. The mean ($63,200) is 15% 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 $40,870 wide, against $41,540 across Oklahoma and $52,810 nationally: employers in Tulsa pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a sales development representative here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $17,210 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $23,660, or about $30,529 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 Tulsa, and the Oklahoma statewide median of $54,990 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Tulsa

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 $15,965 to the $54,990 median and brings it to $70,955 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 Tulsa

Of the 17 roles we track in Tulsa, this one ranks #7 by median pay, between executive assistants ($61,030) and payroll specialists ($52,710). Project Coordinator is the highest at $93,240.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 17 roles we track in Tulsa (-21.4%); e-commerce order specialists come first (-0.2%). The typical role here is at -11.6%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in Tulsa than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 5.9% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Tulsa, 5.6% across Oklahoma and 7.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Oklahoma

Across the 8 areas of Oklahoma with data for this job, the median runs from $36,140 in the Northeast Oklahoma nonmetro area to $75,430 in the Southwest Oklahoma nonmetro area, a gap of $39,290 a year. The one area in Oklahoma with more sales development representatives, Oklahoma City, OK ($55,190), also pays more.

Tulsa against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Tulsa is #68 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 Oklahoma, Louisville and Daphne-Fairhope pay just above Tulsa and Terre Haute and Youngstown-Warren just below. All four are within $200 a year of the median in Tulsa. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, all three pay more.

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