Recruiter salary in Altoona, PA

Pay in Altoona against Pennsylvania and the US

The middle half of recruiters in Altoona earns $51,210–$80,480. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $108,180, only 2.4 times the bottom tenth, against 2.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($70,540) is 10% 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 $29,270 wide, against $34,870 across Pennsylvania and $40,770 nationally: employers in Altoona pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a recruiter here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $12,700 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $16,570, or about $21,381 once benefits are added. 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 $75,940 falls between the median and the 75th percentile in Altoona, and the Pennsylvania statewide median of $70,450 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Altoona

At the $63,910 median, a local hire costs about $82,465 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,555 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 Altoona

Of the 15 roles we track in Altoona, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($65,690) and executive assistants ($63,890). Project Coordinator is the highest at $87,660.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #8 of the 15 roles we track in Altoona (-15.8%), between bookkeepers (-15.8%) and customer support specialists (-16.1%). The typical role here is at -15.8%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Recruiters hold 6.5% of the jobs in these 15 roles in Altoona, 6.5% across Pennsylvania and 5.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Pennsylvania

Across the 20 areas of Pennsylvania with data for this job, the median runs from $59,120 in Johnstown to $76,700 in Philadelphia-Camden, a gap of $17,580 a year. Of the 13 areas in Pennsylvania with more recruiters than Altoona, 3 pay less: the Central Pennsylvania nonmetro area ($62,990), the Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area ($63,610) and Erie, PA ($60,860).

Altoona against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Altoona is #347 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Pennsylvania, Tucson and Kenosha pay just above Altoona and Bangor and Idaho Falls just below. All four are within $170 a year of the median in Altoona. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, two pay more.

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