Recruiter salary in the Central North Carolina nonmetro area

Pay in the Central North Carolina nonmetro area against North Carolina and the US

Recruiters at the 90th percentile earn $105,600, 2.5 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.7. The middle half of recruiters in the Central North Carolina nonmetro area earns $50,490–$80,750. The mean ($68,360) 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 $30,260 wide, against $40,060 across North Carolina and $40,770 nationally: employers in the Central North Carolina nonmetro area 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 $18,970 over the median, the 25th only $11,290 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $24,477 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 the Central North Carolina nonmetro area, and the North Carolina statewide median of $73,070 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Central North Carolina 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 $17,936 to the $61,780 median and brings it to $79,716 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 North Carolina nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Central North Carolina nonmetro area, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($75,120) and marketing specialists ($59,840). Project Coordinator is the highest at $94,170.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #12 of the 17 roles we track in the Central North Carolina nonmetro area (-18.6%), between sales development representatives (-18.6%) and payroll specialists (-18.9%). The typical role here is at -16.2%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Recruiters hold 5.9% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Central North Carolina nonmetro area, 6.0% across North Carolina and 5.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in North Carolina

Across the 18 areas of North Carolina with data for this job, the median runs from $61,660 in Rocky Mount to $81,100 in Durham-Chapel Hill, a gap of $19,440 a year. All 5 areas in North Carolina with more recruiters than the Central North Carolina nonmetro area also pay more, among them Charlotte-Concord, NC-SC ($78,330) and Raleigh-Cary, NC ($74,170).

the Central North Carolina nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Central North Carolina nonmetro area is #123 of 521 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, yet its pay sits in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside North Carolina, Omaha and Bowling Green pay just above the Central North Carolina nonmetro area and Weirton-Steubenville and Johnson City just below. All four are within $80 a year of the median in the Central North Carolina nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, all three pay more.

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