Recruiter salary in Fayetteville, NC

Pay in Fayetteville against North Carolina and the US

Recruiters at the 90th percentile earn $124,720, 2.8 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.7. The middle half of recruiters in Fayetteville earns $55,060–$102,870. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $47,810 wide, wider than in North Carolina as a whole ($40,060) and the US ($40,770), so what a recruiter earns in Fayetteville depends more on the employer.

What to budget for a recruiter here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $20,380 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $27,430, or about $35,394 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 Fayetteville, and the North Carolina statewide median of $73,070 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Fayetteville

At the $75,440 median, a local hire costs about $97,342 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $21,902 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 Fayetteville

Of the 17 roles we track in Fayetteville, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($78,560) and executive assistants ($66,820). Project Coordinator is the highest at $82,680.

Measured against the US median, this job is the best paid of the 17 roles we track in Fayetteville (-0.7%); marketing specialists come last (-26.7%). The typical role here is at -12.4%, so, measured against the US, recruiters cost more in Fayetteville than the area's general pay level would suggest. Recruiters hold 7.6% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Fayetteville, 6.0% across North Carolina and 5.8% nationally. The job is a bigger 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 9 areas in North Carolina with more recruiters than Fayetteville, 7 pay less, the largest of them Raleigh-Cary, NC ($74,170), Greensboro-High Point, NC ($67,660) and Winston-Salem, NC ($68,540).

Fayetteville against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Fayetteville is #143 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 North Carolina, Columbus and Hinesville pay just above Fayetteville and Atlanta-Sandy Springs and Lebanon just below. All four are within $120 a year of the median in Fayetteville. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, one pays more.

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