Recruiter salary in Binghamton, NY

Pay in Binghamton against New York and the US

The middle half of recruiters in Binghamton earns $59,120–$96,100. The top tenth earns $124,760 or more, 2.5 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.7 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $36,980 wide, against $53,120 across New York and $40,770 nationally: employers in Binghamton pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a recruiter here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $17,020 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $19,960, or about $25,755 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 25th percentile and the median in Binghamton, and the New York statewide median of $84,380 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in Binghamton

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 $22,105 to the $76,140 median and brings it to $98,245 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 Binghamton

Of the 17 roles we track in Binghamton, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($82,500) and office managers ($72,430). Project Coordinator is the highest at $106,580.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #6 of the 17 roles we track in Binghamton (+0.3%), between customer support specialists (+1.1%) and administrative assistants (+0.0%). The typical role here is at -2.6%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Recruiters hold 3.5% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Binghamton, 5.0% across New York and 5.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in New York

Across the 16 areas of New York with data for this job, the median runs from $68,170 in Glens Falls to $89,780 in New York-Newark, a gap of $21,610 a year. Of the 10 areas in New York with more recruiters than Binghamton, 5 pay less, the largest of them Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY ($74,510), the Southwest New York nonmetro area ($73,910) and the Central East New York nonmetro area ($73,880).

Binghamton against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Binghamton is #333 of 521 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside New York, Greeley and Bend pay just above Binghamton and Barnstable Town and Reno just below. All four are within $130 a year of the median in Binghamton. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, one pays more.

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