Sales Development Representative salary in the West North Dakota nonmetro area

Pay in the West North Dakota nonmetro area against North Dakota and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in the West North Dakota nonmetro area earns $59,380–$133,800. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $156,050, only 3.4 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($104,180) is no higher than the median, so few high earners skew the figures here. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $74,420 wide, wider than in North Dakota as a whole ($68,960) and the US ($52,810), so what a sales development representative earns in the West North Dakota nonmetro area depends more on the employer.

What to budget for a sales development representative here

Local pay is bunched just above the median: the 75th percentile is only $16,960 over it, while the 25th sits $57,460 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $21,884 more a year with benefits. 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 the West North Dakota nonmetro area, and the North Dakota statewide median of $66,060 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the West North Dakota nonmetro area

At the $116,840 median, a local hire costs about $150,761 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $33,921 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 the West North Dakota nonmetro area

Sales development representatives have the highest median of the 14 roles we track in the West North Dakota nonmetro area; virtual receptionists have the lowest, at $42,530.

Measured against the US median, this job is the best paid of the 14 roles we track in the West North Dakota nonmetro area (+66.9%); executive assistants come last (-28.5%). The typical role here is at -0.0%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost more in the West North Dakota nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 7.7% of the jobs in these 14 roles in the West North Dakota nonmetro area, 4.8% across North Dakota and 8.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in North Dakota

Across the 6 areas of North Dakota with data for this job, the median runs from $43,930 in Grand Forks to $116,840 in the West North Dakota nonmetro area, a gap of $72,910 a year. The one area in North Dakota with more sales development representatives, Fargo, ND-MN ($63,800), pays less: a bigger pool at a lower median.

the West North Dakota nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the West North Dakota nonmetro area is #284 of 518 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. No US metro area pays sales development representatives more than the West North Dakota nonmetro area; the table shows the next highest outside North Dakota. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, none pays as much.

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