Recruiter salary in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL

Pay in Cape Coral-Fort Myers against Florida and the US

Recruiters at the 90th percentile earn $103,980, 2.5 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.7. The middle half of recruiters in Cape Coral-Fort Myers earns $51,690–$84,730. The mean ($71,730) 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 $33,040 wide, against $39,150 across Florida and $40,770 nationally: employers in Cape Coral-Fort Myers 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 $19,960 over the median, the 25th only $13,080 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $25,755 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 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, and the Florida statewide median of $66,410 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Cape Coral-Fort Myers

At the $64,770 median, a local hire costs about $83,574 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,804 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 Cape Coral-Fort Myers

Of the 16 roles we track in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($65,180) and office managers ($62,850). Project Coordinator is the highest at $96,600.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #13 of the 16 roles we track in Cape Coral-Fort Myers (-14.7%), between e-commerce order specialists (-13.7%) and customer support specialists (-14.7%). The typical role here is at -7.6%, so, measured against the US, recruiters cost less in Cape Coral-Fort Myers than the area's general pay level would suggest. Recruiters hold 3.8% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, 5.5% across Florida and 5.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Florida

Across the 24 areas of Florida with data for this job, the median runs from $57,320 in Tallahassee to $76,230 in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach, a gap of $18,910 a year. Of the 8 areas in Florida with more recruiters than Cape Coral-Fort Myers, 3 pay less: Palm Bay-Melbourne, FL ($62,700), Tallahassee, FL ($57,320) and Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL ($62,970).

Cape Coral-Fort Myers against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Cape Coral-Fort Myers is #106 of 521 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, with pay near the middle of the US range. Outside Florida, New Orleans-Metairie and Elkhart-Goshen pay just above Cape Coral-Fort Myers and Longview and Jacksonville just below. All four are within $90 a year of the median in Cape Coral-Fort Myers. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, all three pay more.

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