Sales Development Representative salary in Yakima, WA

Pay in Yakima against Washington and the US

The middle half of sales development representatives in Yakima earns $43,820–$81,020. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $117,830, only 2.9 times the bottom tenth, against 3.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($69,200) is 20% 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 $37,200 wide, against $47,960 across Washington and $52,810 nationally: employers in Yakima 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 $23,340 over the median, the 25th only $13,860 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $30,116 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 Yakima, and the Washington statewide median of $79,920 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Yakima

At the $57,680 median, a local hire costs about $74,426 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $16,746 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 Yakima

Of the 15 roles we track in Yakima, this one ranks #9 by median pay, between paralegals ($63,140) and bookkeepers ($53,560). Project Coordinator is the highest at $98,780.

Measured against the US median, sales development representatives rank #14 of the 15 roles we track in Yakima (-17.6%), between recruiters (-5.0%) and marketing specialists (-17.6%). The typical role here is at +0.6%, so, measured against the US, sales development representatives cost less in Yakima than the area's general pay level would suggest. Sales development representatives hold 4.1% of the jobs in these 15 roles in Yakima, 5.6% across Washington and 8.0% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Washington

Across the 13 areas of Washington with data for this job, the median runs from $57,680 in Yakima to $82,540 in Seattle-Tacoma, a gap of $24,860 a year. All 7 areas in Washington with more sales development representatives than Yakima also pay more, among them Seattle-Tacoma, WA ($82,540) and Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA ($69,950).

Yakima against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Yakima is #362 of 518 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Washington, Beaumont-Port Arthur and North Port-Bradenton pay just above Yakima and Cape Coral-Fort Myers and Bloomington just below. All four are within $100 a year of the median in Yakima. Of the three markets with about as many sales development representatives, two pay more.

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