Recruiter salary in the Eastern North Carolina nonmetro area

Pay in the Eastern North Carolina nonmetro area against North Carolina and the US

Recruiters at the 90th percentile earn $107,770, 2.5 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.7. The middle half of recruiters in the Eastern North Carolina nonmetro area earns $49,990–$84,440. The mean ($71,180) 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 only $34,450 wide, against $40,060 across North Carolina and $40,770 nationally: employers in the Eastern North Carolina nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a recruiter here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $14,090 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $20,360, or about $26,271 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 Eastern North Carolina nonmetro area, and the North Carolina statewide median of $73,070 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Eastern North Carolina 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 $18,604 to the $64,080 median and brings it to $82,684 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 Eastern North Carolina nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Eastern North Carolina nonmetro area, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($75,790) and marketing specialists ($63,770). Project Coordinator is the highest at $94,390.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #11 of the 17 roles we track in the Eastern North Carolina nonmetro area (-15.6%), between virtual receptionists (-13.3%) and office managers (-16.5%). The typical role here is at -13.2%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Recruiters hold 4.5% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Eastern North Carolina nonmetro area, 6.0% across North Carolina and 5.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in North Carolina

Across the 18 areas of North Carolina with data for this job, the median runs from $61,660 in Rocky Mount to $81,100 in Durham-Chapel Hill, a gap of $19,440 a year. Of the 7 areas in North Carolina with more recruiters than the Eastern North Carolina nonmetro area, 2 pay less: the Central North Carolina nonmetro area ($61,780) and the Western North Carolina nonmetro area ($63,710).

the Eastern North Carolina nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Eastern North Carolina nonmetro area is #131 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside North Carolina, Kenosha and Bozeman pay just above the Eastern North Carolina nonmetro area and Tucson and Altoona just below. All four are within $170 a year of the median in the Eastern North Carolina nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, two pay more.

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