Recruiter salary in Dalton, GA

Pay in Dalton against Georgia and the US

The middle half of recruiters in Dalton earns $47,060–$74,990. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $94,100, only 2.4 times the bottom tenth, against 2.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($61,930) is 12% 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 $27,930 wide, against $41,930 across Georgia and $40,770 nationally: employers in Dalton 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 $19,510 over the median, the 25th only $8,420 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $25,174 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 75th and 90th percentiles in Dalton, and the Georgia statewide median of $70,570 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local recruiters earn.

What a hire really costs in Dalton

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 $16,107 to the $55,480 median and brings it to $71,587 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 Dalton

Of the 17 roles we track in Dalton, this one ranks #7 by median pay, between sales development representatives ($59,500) and payroll specialists ($50,780). Project Coordinator is the highest at $98,590.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #16 of the 17 roles we track in Dalton (-26.9%), between paralegals (-24.0%) and e-commerce order specialists (-31.5%). The typical role here is at -12.8%, so, measured against the US, recruiters cost less in Dalton than the area's general pay level would suggest. Recruiters hold 7.1% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Dalton, 6.3% across Georgia and 5.8% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Georgia

Across the 18 areas of Georgia with data for this job, the median runs from $55,260 in Valdosta to $77,920 in Warner Robins, a gap of $22,660 a year. All 11 areas in Georgia with more recruiters than Dalton also pay more, among them Atlanta-Sandy Springs, GA ($75,410) and Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC ($67,120).

Dalton against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Dalton is #298 of 521 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Georgia, Brownsville-Harlingen and Gadsden pay just above Dalton and Hattiesburg and Monroe just below. All four are within $870 a year of the median in Dalton. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, two pay more.

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