Recruiter salary in the Eastern Region of Texas nonmetro area

Pay in the Eastern Region of Texas nonmetro area against Texas and the US

The middle half of recruiters in the Eastern Region of Texas nonmetro area earns $46,690–$79,060. The top tenth earns $99,830 or more, 2.5 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.7 times. The mean ($65,970) 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 $32,370 wide, against $37,890 across Texas and $40,770 nationally: employers in the Eastern Region of Texas 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 $19,280 a year in pay and about $24,877 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $13,090 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 Region of Texas nonmetro area, and the Texas statewide median of $68,920 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Eastern Region of Texas 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 $17,355 to the $59,780 median and brings it to $77,135 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 Region of Texas nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Eastern Region of Texas nonmetro area, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between executive assistants ($65,510) and paralegals ($59,200). Project Coordinator is the highest at $77,270.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #14 of the 17 roles we track in the Eastern Region of Texas nonmetro area (-21.3%), between customer support specialists (-20.4%) and project coordinators (-24.5%). The typical role here is at -16.9%, so, measured against the US, recruiters cost less in the Eastern Region of Texas nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Recruiters hold 4.4% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Eastern Region of Texas nonmetro area, 5.4% across Texas and 5.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Texas

Across the 32 areas of Texas with data for this job, the median runs from $46,630 in Eagle Pass to $78,650 in Midland, a gap of $32,020 a year. Of the 21 areas in Texas with more recruiters than the Eastern Region of Texas nonmetro area, 5 pay less, the largest of them El Paso, TX ($58,990), McAllen-Edinburg, TX ($53,600) and the Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetro area ($57,450).

the Eastern Region of Texas nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Eastern Region of Texas nonmetro area is #269 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 Texas, Huntington-Ashland and Dothan pay just above the Eastern Region of Texas nonmetro area and Sebring and Macon-Bibb County just below. All four are within $590 a year of the median in the Eastern Region of Texas nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, all three pay more.

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