Recruiter salary in Clarksville, TN-KY

Pay in Clarksville against Tennessee and the US

The middle half of recruiters in Clarksville earns $54,980–$86,600. The top tenth earns $112,400 or more, 2.5 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.7 times. The mean ($73,020) 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 $31,620 wide, between the figure for Tennessee ($31,310) and the US figure ($40,770).

What to budget for a recruiter here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $20,920 over the median, the 25th only $10,700 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $26,994 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 Clarksville, and the Tennessee statewide median of $67,370 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Clarksville

At the $65,680 median, a local hire costs about $84,748 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $19,068 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 Clarksville

Of the 17 roles we track in Clarksville, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($72,760) and office managers ($61,620). Project Coordinator is the highest at $79,660.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #9 of the 17 roles we track in Clarksville (-13.5%), between accountants (-13.0%) and customer support specialists (-15.9%). The typical role here is at -13.5%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Recruiters hold 5.8% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Clarksville, 5.9% across Tennessee and 5.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Tennessee

Across the 14 areas of Tennessee with data for this job, the median runs from $59,820 in Morristown to $70,460 in the South Central Tennessee nonmetro area, a gap of $10,640 a year. Of the 5 areas in Tennessee with more recruiters than Clarksville, 2 pay less: Chattanooga, TN-GA ($61,660) and the North Central Tennessee nonmetro area ($60,710).

Clarksville against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Clarksville is #227 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Tennessee, Grand Rapids-Wyoming and Lewiston pay just above Clarksville and Tampa-St. Petersburg and Columbus just below. All four are within $320 a year of the median in Clarksville. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, one pays more.

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