Recruiter salary in the Arizona nonmetro area

Pay in the Arizona nonmetro area against Arizona and the US

The middle half of recruiters in the Arizona nonmetro area earns $49,230–$80,310. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $100,420, only 2.3 times the bottom tenth, against 2.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($66,960) is 11% 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 $31,080 wide, against $36,450 across Arizona and $40,770 nationally: employers in the Arizona nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a recruiter here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $19,810 over the median, the 25th only $11,270 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $25,561 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 $75,940 falls between the median and the 75th percentile in the Arizona nonmetro area, and the Arizona statewide median of $71,390 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Arizona nonmetro area

At the $60,500 median, a local hire costs about $78,065 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $17,565 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 Arizona nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the Arizona nonmetro area, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between executive assistants ($61,150) and sales development representatives ($60,390). Project Coordinator is the highest at $78,250.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #12 of the 16 roles we track in the Arizona nonmetro area (-20.3%), between executive assistants (-20.2%) and project coordinators (-23.5%). The typical role here is at -15.2%, so, measured against the US, recruiters cost less in the Arizona nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Recruiters hold 6.3% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the Arizona nonmetro area, 5.8% across Arizona and 5.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Arizona

Across the 8 areas of Arizona with data for this job, the median runs from $60,500 in the Arizona nonmetro area to $78,450 in Sierra Vista-Douglas, a gap of $17,950 a year. All 2 areas in Arizona with more recruiters than the Arizona nonmetro area also pay more, among them Phoenix-Mesa, AZ ($74,640) and Tucson, AZ ($63,950).

the Arizona nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Arizona nonmetro area is #267 of 521 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Arizona, Florence-Muscle Shoals and Cleveland pay just above the Arizona nonmetro area and Mansfield and Abilene just below. All four are within $100 a year of the median in the Arizona nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, all three pay more.

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