Recruiter salary in Evansville, IN

Pay in Evansville against Indiana and the US

Recruiters at the 90th percentile earn $101,640, 2.5 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.7. The middle half of recruiters in Evansville earns $49,810–$79,700. The mean ($68,760) 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 $29,890 wide, against $32,290 across Indiana and $40,770 nationally: employers in Evansville pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a recruiter here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $16,180 a year in pay and about $20,877 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $13,710 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 Evansville, and the Indiana statewide median of $65,600 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Evansville

At the $63,520 median, a local hire costs about $81,961 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,441 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 Evansville

Of the 17 roles we track in Evansville, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between office managers ($64,000) and sales development representatives ($62,270). Project Coordinator is the highest at $89,990.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #12 of the 17 roles we track in Evansville (-16.4%), between e-commerce order specialists (-13.0%) and medical administrative assistants (-16.8%). The typical role here is at -12.1%, so, measured against the US, recruiters cost less in Evansville than the area's general pay level would suggest. Recruiters hold 5.9% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Evansville, 6.4% across Indiana and 5.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Indiana

Across the 15 areas of Indiana with data for this job, the median runs from $60,990 in Muncie to $67,690 in Michigan City-La Porte, a gap of $6,700 a year. Of the 6 areas in Indiana with more recruiters than Evansville, 3 pay less: the Northern Indiana nonmetro area ($62,530), the Southern Indiana nonmetro area ($62,680) and the Central Indiana nonmetro area ($61,520).

Evansville against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Evansville is #185 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Indiana, Appleton and Decatur pay just above Evansville and Lima and Morgantown just below. All four are within $180 a year of the median in Evansville. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, two pay more.

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