Recruiter salary in Cedar Rapids, IA

Pay in Cedar Rapids against Iowa and the US

The middle half of recruiters in Cedar Rapids earns $51,740–$80,290. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $99,410, only 2.3 times the bottom tenth, against 2.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($68,480) is 9% 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 $28,550 wide, against $31,880 across Iowa and $40,770 nationally: employers in Cedar Rapids 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 $17,220 over the median, the 25th only $11,330 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $22,219 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 Cedar Rapids, and the Iowa statewide median of $66,710 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Cedar Rapids

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 $18,311 to the $63,070 median and brings it to $81,381 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 Cedar Rapids

Of the 17 roles we track in Cedar Rapids, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($63,630) and executive assistants ($57,500). Project Coordinator is the highest at $93,760.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #15 of the 17 roles we track in Cedar Rapids (-16.9%), between medical administrative assistants (-15.5%) and marketing specialists (-19.2%). The typical role here is at -8.3%, so, measured against the US, recruiters cost less in Cedar Rapids than the area's general pay level would suggest. Recruiters hold 5.0% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Cedar Rapids, 5.8% across Iowa and 5.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Iowa

Across the 12 areas of Iowa with data for this job, the median runs from $61,900 in Waterloo-Cedar Falls to $79,670 in Davenport-Moline, a gap of $17,770 a year. All 3 areas in Iowa with more recruiters than Cedar Rapids also pay more, among them Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA ($71,600) and Davenport-Moline, IA-IL ($79,670).

Cedar Rapids against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Cedar Rapids is #178 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Iowa, Springfield and Oklahoma City pay just above Cedar Rapids and Auburn-Opelika and Decatur just below. All four are within $100 a year of the median in Cedar Rapids. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, all three pay more.

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