Sales Development Representative salary in the West Tennessee nonmetro area

Pay in the West Tennessee nonmetro area against Tennessee and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in the West Tennessee nonmetro area earns $37,900–$73,420. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $94,410, only 2.9 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($58,510) 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 $35,520 wide, against $38,320 across Tennessee and $52,810 nationally: employers in the West Tennessee nonmetro area 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 $25,410 over the median, the 25th only $10,110 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $32,787 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 West Tennessee nonmetro area, and the Tennessee statewide median of $60,230 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the West Tennessee 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 $13,938 to the $48,010 median and brings it to $61,948 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 West Tennessee nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the West Tennessee nonmetro area, this one ranks #7 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($55,750) and paralegals ($46,640). Project Coordinator is the highest at $77,580.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 17 roles we track in the West Tennessee nonmetro area (-31.4%); HR assistants come first (-11.7%). The typical role here is at -16.4%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in the West Tennessee nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 4.3% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the West Tennessee nonmetro area, 6.0% across Tennessee and 7.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Tennessee

Across the 14 areas of Tennessee with data for this job, the median runs from $37,870 in the East Tennessee nonmetro area to $62,930 in Nashville-Murfreesboro, a gap of $25,060 a year. Of the 7 areas in Tennessee with more sales development representatives than the West Tennessee nonmetro area, 1 pays less: the East Tennessee nonmetro area ($37,870).

the West Tennessee nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the West Tennessee nonmetro area is #293 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 Tennessee, Laredo and Fort Smith pay just above the West Tennessee nonmetro area and San Angelo and Slidell-Mandeville just below. All four are within $310 a year of the median in the West Tennessee nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, two pay more.

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