Sales Development Representative salary in Utica-Rome, NY

Pay in Utica-Rome against New York and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in Utica-Rome earns $47,430–$99,180. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $132,690, only 3.5 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($79,320) is 22% 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 $51,750 wide, against $72,240 across New York and $52,810 nationally: employers in Utica-Rome 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 $34,050 over the median, the 25th only $17,700 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $43,935 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 Utica-Rome, and the New York statewide median of $92,190 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Utica-Rome

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 $18,909 to the $65,130 median and brings it to $84,039 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 Utica-Rome

Of the 17 roles we track in Utica-Rome, this one ranks #7 by median pay, between office managers ($66,390) and paralegals ($54,850). Project Coordinator is the highest at $100,430.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #13 of the 17 roles we track in Utica-Rome (-6.9%), between data entry specialists (-5.9%) and marketing specialists (-10.9%). The typical role here is at -4.6%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Sales development representatives hold 3.9% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Utica-Rome, 7.3% across New York 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 York

Across the 16 areas of New York with data for this job, the median runs from $59,760 in Elmira to $93,750 in New York-Newark, a gap of $33,990 a year. Of the 8 areas in New York with more sales development representatives than Utica-Rome, 2 pay less: Syracuse, NY ($63,810) and the Southwest New York nonmetro area ($60,540).

Utica-Rome against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Utica-Rome is #270 of 518 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside New York, Kennewick-Richland and Des Moines-West Des Moines pay just above Utica-Rome and Barnstable Town and Atlantic City-Hammonton just below. All four are within $380 a year of the median in Utica-Rome. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, none pays as much.

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