Recruiter salary in Coeur d'Alene, ID

Pay in Coeur d'Alene against Idaho and the US

The middle half of recruiters in Coeur d'Alene earns $50,750–$79,780. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $102,000, only 2.3 times the bottom tenth, against 2.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($69,490) is 10% 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 $29,030 wide, against $31,590 across Idaho and $40,770 nationally: employers in Coeur d'Alene pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a recruiter here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $12,700 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $16,330, or about $21,071 once benefits are added. 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 Coeur d'Alene, and the Idaho statewide median of $64,990 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Coeur d'Alene

At the $63,450 median, a local hire costs about $81,871 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,421 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 Coeur d'Alene

Of the 15 roles we track in Coeur d'Alene, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($71,230) and payroll specialists ($62,370). Project Coordinator is the highest at $86,950.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #11 of the 15 roles we track in Coeur d'Alene (-16.4%), between project coordinators (-15.0%) and paralegals (-20.3%). The typical role here is at -11.5%, so, measured against the US, recruiters cost less in Coeur d'Alene than the area's general pay level would suggest. Recruiters hold 4.1% of the jobs in these 15 roles in Coeur d'Alene, 4.7% across Idaho and 5.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Idaho

Across the 8 areas of Idaho with data for this job, the median runs from $61,150 in Pocatello to $66,060 in Boise City, a gap of $4,910 a year. Of the 2 areas in Idaho with more recruiters than Coeur d'Alene, 1 pays less: the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area ($62,290).

Coeur d'Alene against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Coeur d'Alene is #372 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Idaho, Tulsa and Morgantown pay just above Coeur d'Alene and Flagstaff and Jackson just below. All four are within $50 a year of the median in Coeur d'Alene. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, all three pay more.

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