Recruiter salary in the Central Missouri nonmetro area

Pay in the Central Missouri nonmetro area against Missouri and the US

Recruiters at the 90th percentile earn $104,780, 2.5 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.7. The middle half of recruiters in the Central Missouri nonmetro area earns $48,810–$86,540. The mean ($70,110) 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 $37,730 wide, against $38,150 across Missouri and $40,770 nationally: employers in the Central Missouri nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a recruiter here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $22,480 a year in pay and about $29,006 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $15,250 in pay. 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 the Central Missouri nonmetro area, and the Missouri statewide median of $66,990 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Central Missouri nonmetro area

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 $18,598 to the $64,060 median and brings it to $82,658 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 the Central Missouri nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Central Missouri nonmetro area, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($66,030) and office managers ($56,630). Project Coordinator is the highest at $74,080.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #6 of the 17 roles we track in the Central Missouri nonmetro area (-15.6%), between bookkeepers (-15.5%) and customer support specialists (-17.0%). The typical role here is at -18.5%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Recruiters hold 6.4% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Central Missouri nonmetro area, 6.3% across Missouri and 5.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Missouri

Across the 12 areas of Missouri with data for this job, the median runs from $56,140 in the Southwest Missouri nonmetro area to $75,190 in Kansas City, a gap of $19,050 a year. Of the 3 areas in Missouri with more recruiters than the Central Missouri nonmetro area, 1 pays less: Springfield, MO ($63,140).

the Central Missouri nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Central Missouri nonmetro area is #190 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Missouri, Kenosha and Bozeman pay just above the Central Missouri nonmetro area and Tucson and Altoona just below. All four are within $150 a year of the median in the Central Missouri nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, all three pay more.

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