Recruiter salary in the Eastern Washington nonmetro area

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

The middle half of recruiters in the Eastern Washington nonmetro area earns $64,430–$96,240. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $120,660, only 2.2 times the bottom tenth, against 2.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $31,810 wide, against $41,350 across Washington and $40,770 nationally: employers in the Eastern Washington nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a recruiter here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $13,090 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $18,720, or about $24,155 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 25th percentile and the median in the Eastern Washington nonmetro area, and the Washington statewide median of $84,550 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in the Eastern Washington nonmetro area

At the $77,520 median, a local hire costs about $100,026 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $22,506 here. 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 Washington nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the Eastern Washington nonmetro area, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($84,290) and office managers ($74,710). Project Coordinator is the highest at $96,780.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #9 of the 16 roles we track in the Eastern Washington nonmetro area (+2.1%), between medical administrative assistants (+7.0%) and sales development representatives (+1.8%). The typical role here is at +4.6%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Recruiters hold 5.2% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the Eastern Washington nonmetro area, 6.7% across Washington and 5.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Washington

Across the 13 areas of Washington with data for this job, the median runs from $72,180 in Yakima to $92,770 in Seattle-Tacoma, a gap of $20,590 a year. Of the 6 areas in Washington with more recruiters than the Eastern Washington nonmetro area, 2 pay less: Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA ($74,430) and the Western Washington nonmetro area ($77,320).

the Eastern Washington nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Eastern Washington nonmetro area is #292 of 521 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside Washington, Hagerstown-Martinsburg and Springfield pay just above the Eastern Washington nonmetro area and Atlantic City-Hammonton and Worcester just below. All four are within $230 a year of the median in the Eastern Washington nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, none pays as much.

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