Sales Development Representative salary in the Western North Carolina nonmetro area

Pay in the Western North Carolina nonmetro area against North Carolina and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in the Western North Carolina nonmetro area earns $42,880–$75,800. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $113,240, only 3.4 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($66,170) is 16% 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 $32,920 wide, against $51,270 across North Carolina and $52,810 nationally: employers in the Western North Carolina nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a sales development representative here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $18,830 a year in pay and about $24,297 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $14,090 in pay. 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 Western North Carolina nonmetro area, and the North Carolina statewide median of $62,620 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Western North Carolina nonmetro area

At the $56,970 median, a local hire costs about $73,510 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $16,540 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 Western North Carolina nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Western North Carolina nonmetro area, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between executive assistants ($58,980) and office managers ($54,150). Project Coordinator is the highest at $91,200.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #12 of the 17 roles we track in the Western North Carolina nonmetro area (-18.6%), between customer support specialists (-17.4%) and marketing specialists (-19.0%). The typical role here is at -15.6%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Sales development representatives hold 6.5% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Western North Carolina nonmetro area, 8.8% across North Carolina and 7.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in North Carolina

Across the 18 areas of North Carolina with data for this job, the median runs from $45,900 in Goldsboro to $72,460 in Durham-Chapel Hill, a gap of $26,560 a year. All 7 areas in North Carolina with more sales development representatives than the Western North Carolina nonmetro area also pay more, among them Charlotte-Concord, NC-SC ($61,850) and Raleigh-Cary, NC ($68,560).

the Western North Carolina nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Western North Carolina nonmetro area is #114 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 North Carolina, Yuma and Davenport-Moline pay just above the Western North Carolina nonmetro area and Sandusky and Enid just below. All four are within $280 a year of the median in the Western North Carolina nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, two pay more.

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