Recruiter salary in Bridgeport-Stamford, CT

Pay in Bridgeport-Stamford against Connecticut and the US

The middle half of recruiters in Bridgeport-Stamford earns $67,810–$119,940. The top tenth earns $147,700 or more, 2.7 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.7 times. The mean ($96,670) is 13% 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 $52,130 wide, wider than in Connecticut as a whole ($43,800) and the US ($40,770), so what a recruiter earns in Bridgeport-Stamford depends more on the employer.

What to budget for a recruiter here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $34,390 over the median, the 25th only $17,740 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $44,374 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 25th percentile and the median in Bridgeport-Stamford, and the Connecticut statewide median of $82,890 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Bridgeport-Stamford

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 $24,837 to the $85,550 median and brings it to $110,387 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 Bridgeport-Stamford

Of the 17 roles we track in Bridgeport-Stamford, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between executive assistants ($100,930) and marketing specialists ($81,030). Project Coordinator is the highest at $109,990.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #8 of the 17 roles we track in Bridgeport-Stamford (+12.7%), between HR assistants (+13.0%) and sales development representatives (+12.0%). The typical role here is at +12.0%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Recruiters hold 5.0% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Bridgeport-Stamford, 5.0% across Connecticut and 5.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Connecticut

Across the 6 areas of Connecticut with data for this job, the median runs from $76,260 in the Connecticut nonmetro area to $85,550 in Bridgeport-Stamford, a gap of $9,290 a year. The one area in Connecticut with more recruiters, Hartford-West Hartford, CT ($82,920), pays less: a bigger pool at a lower median.

Bridgeport-Stamford against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Bridgeport-Stamford is #62 of 521 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job and one of the better-paying ones. Outside Connecticut, Boulder and Olympia-Lacey pay just above Bridgeport-Stamford and Santa Cruz-Watsonville and Napa just below. All four are within $1,150 a year of the median in Bridgeport-Stamford. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, none pays as much.

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