Recruiter salary in the Eastern Ohio nonmetro area

Pay in the Eastern Ohio nonmetro area against Ohio and the US

The middle half of recruiters in the Eastern Ohio nonmetro area earns $49,790–$82,640. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $104,710, only 2.4 times the bottom tenth, against 2.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($70,350) 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 only $32,850 wide, against $37,890 across Ohio and $40,770 nationally: employers in the Eastern Ohio nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a recruiter here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $17,800 a year in pay and about $22,968 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $15,050 in pay. 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 Ohio nonmetro area, and the Ohio statewide median of $70,180 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Eastern Ohio 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 $18,825 to the $64,840 median and brings it to $83,665 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 Ohio nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Eastern Ohio nonmetro area, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($76,410) and marketing specialists ($61,020). Project Coordinator is the highest at $82,950.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #11 of the 17 roles we track in the Eastern Ohio nonmetro area (-14.6%), between office managers (-13.6%) and medical administrative assistants (-16.9%). The typical role here is at -10.8%, so, measured against the US, recruiters cost less in the Eastern Ohio nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Recruiters hold 5.7% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Eastern Ohio nonmetro area, 6.5% across Ohio and 5.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Ohio

Across the 16 areas of Ohio with data for this job, the median runs from $60,430 in the Southern Ohio nonmetro area to $75,440 in Columbus, a gap of $15,010 a year. Of the 11 areas in Ohio with more recruiters than the Eastern Ohio nonmetro area, 4 pay less, the largest of them the North Northeastern Ohio nonmetro area ($63,610), Canton-Massillon, OH ($61,950) and the Southern Ohio nonmetro area ($60,430).

the Eastern Ohio nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Eastern Ohio nonmetro area is #219 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Ohio, Elkhart-Goshen and Eau Claire pay just above the Eastern Ohio nonmetro area and New Orleans-Metairie and Cape Coral-Fort Myers just below. All four are within $70 a year of the median in the Eastern Ohio nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, two pay more.

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