Recruiter salary in Bloomington, IN

Pay in Bloomington against Indiana and the US

The middle half of recruiters in Bloomington earns $51,850–$84,800. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $104,110, only 2.3 times the bottom tenth, against 2.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($72,250) is 8% 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 $32,950 wide, between the figure for Indiana ($32,290) and the US figure ($40,770).

What to budget for a recruiter here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $14,900 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $18,050, or about $23,290 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 Bloomington, and the Indiana statewide median of $65,600 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Bloomington

At the $66,750 median, a local hire costs about $86,129 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $19,379 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 Bloomington

Of the 16 roles we track in Bloomington, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($76,640) and office managers ($63,600). Project Coordinator is the highest at $83,800.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #11 of the 16 roles we track in Bloomington (-12.1%), between customer support specialists (-11.4%) and HR assistants (-15.1%). The typical role here is at -10.6%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Recruiters hold 5.5% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Bloomington, 6.4% across Indiana and 5.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Indiana

Across the 15 areas of Indiana with data for this job, the median runs from $60,990 in Muncie to $67,690 in Michigan City-La Porte, a gap of $6,700 a year. Of the 10 areas in Indiana with more recruiters than Bloomington, 9 pay less, the largest of them Fort Wayne, IN ($65,510), the Northern Indiana nonmetro area ($62,530) and the Southern Indiana nonmetro area ($62,680).

Bloomington against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Bloomington is #342 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Indiana, Greenville-Anderson and Dover pay just above Bloomington and Wausau and Battle Creek just below. All four are within $170 a year of the median in Bloomington. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, one pays more.

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