Sales Development Representative salary in the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area

Pay in the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area against Mississippi and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area earns $36,540–$72,460. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $99,980, only 3.0 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($60,590) is 25% 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 $35,920 wide, between the figure for Mississippi ($28,920) and the US figure ($52,810).

What to budget for a sales development representative here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $24,110 over the median, the 25th only $11,810 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $31,110 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 the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area, and the Mississippi statewide median of $48,440 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area

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 $14,037 to the $48,350 median and brings it to $62,387 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 the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area, this one ranks #7 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($50,810) and paralegals ($48,030). Project Coordinator is the highest at $78,640.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #16 of the 17 roles we track in the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area (-30.9%), between executive assistants (-29.2%) and marketing specialists (-35.5%). The typical role here is at -22.1%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 2.7% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area and 7.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Mississippi

Across the 7 areas of Mississippi with data for this job, the median runs from $45,240 in Hattiesburg to $49,990 in the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area, a gap of $4,750 a year. Of the 2 areas in Mississippi with more sales development representatives than the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area, 1 pays less: Jackson, MS ($46,470).

the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area is #273 of 518 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Mississippi, Killeen-Temple and Cape Girardeau pay just above the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area and Logan and Fort Smith just below. All four are within $160 a year of the median in the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, all three pay more.

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