Recruiter salary in the East Tennessee nonmetro area

Pay in the East Tennessee nonmetro area against Tennessee and the US

The middle half of recruiters in the East Tennessee nonmetro area earns $47,350–$79,250. The top tenth earns $102,860 or more, 2.7 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.7 times. The mean ($66,910) is 8% 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 $31,900 wide, between the figure for Tennessee ($31,310) and the US figure ($40,770).

What to budget for a recruiter here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $14,460 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $17,440, or about $22,503 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 the East Tennessee nonmetro area, and the Tennessee statewide median of $67,370 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the East Tennessee 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 $17,945 to the $61,810 median and brings it to $79,755 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 East Tennessee nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the East Tennessee nonmetro area, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($68,780) and executive assistants ($59,700). Project Coordinator is the highest at $88,910.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #12 of the 17 roles we track in the East Tennessee nonmetro area (-18.6%), between customer support specialists (-18.4%) and paralegals (-19.5%). The typical role here is at -17.0%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Recruiters hold 6.2% of the jobs in the 16 of these roles with a job count in the East Tennessee nonmetro area, 6.9% across Tennessee and 6.3% 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 6 areas in Tennessee with more recruiters than the East Tennessee nonmetro area, 2 pay less: Chattanooga, TN-GA ($61,660) and the North Central Tennessee nonmetro area ($60,710).

the East Tennessee nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the East Tennessee nonmetro area is #237 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 Tennessee, Omaha and Bowling Green pay just above the East Tennessee nonmetro area and Weirton-Steubenville and Terre Haute just below. All four are within $80 a year of the median in the East Tennessee nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, all three pay more.

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