Recruiter salary in the Coast Oregon nonmetro area

Pay in the Coast Oregon nonmetro area against Oregon and the US

The middle half of recruiters in the Coast Oregon nonmetro area earns $59,160–$94,520. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $111,550, only 2.2 times the bottom tenth, against 2.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $35,360 wide, against $37,040 across Oregon and $40,770 nationally: employers in the Coast Oregon 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 $22,720 over the median, the 25th only $12,640 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $29,316 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 Coast Oregon nonmetro area, and the Oregon statewide median of $78,060 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Coast Oregon nonmetro area

At the $71,800 median, a local hire costs about $92,645 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $20,845 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 the Coast Oregon nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Coast Oregon nonmetro area, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($79,910) and executive assistants ($65,880). Project Coordinator is the highest at $93,020.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #10 of the 17 roles we track in the Coast Oregon nonmetro area (-5.5%), between accountants (-4.5%) and office managers (-6.5%). The typical role here is at -4.5%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Recruiters hold 4.7% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Coast Oregon nonmetro area, 5.6% across Oregon and 5.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Oregon

Across the 11 areas of Oregon with data for this job, the median runs from $65,520 in Grants Pass to $80,270 in Salem, a gap of $14,750 a year. Of the 5 areas in Oregon with more recruiters than the Coast Oregon nonmetro area, 2 pay less: Eugene-Springfield, OR ($69,390) and Medford, OR ($67,540).

the Coast Oregon nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Coast Oregon nonmetro area is #304 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Oregon, Chambersburg and Jacksonville pay just above the Coast Oregon nonmetro area and St. Louis and Des Moines-West Des Moines just below. All four are within $200 a year of the median in the Coast Oregon nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, one pays more.

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