Recruiter salary in Fayetteville-Springdale, AR

Pay in Fayetteville-Springdale against Arkansas and the US

Pay is more spread out here than nationally: the top tenth earns $128,320 or more, 4.2 times the bottom tenth, against 2.7 times across the US. Two offers for the same title can sit far apart. The middle half of recruiters in Fayetteville-Springdale earns $46,350–$81,810. The mean ($69,030) is 17% 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 $35,460 wide, between the figure for Arkansas ($30,870) and the US figure ($40,770).

What to budget for a recruiter here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $22,980 over the median, the 25th only $12,480 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $29,652 a year in employer cost. 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-Springdale, and the Arkansas statewide median of $55,010 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Fayetteville-Springdale

At the $58,830 median, a local hire costs about $75,910 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $17,080 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-Springdale

Of the 17 roles we track in Fayetteville-Springdale, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between office managers ($63,620) and sales development representatives ($53,640). Marketing Specialist is the highest at $83,000.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #15 of the 17 roles we track in Fayetteville-Springdale (-22.5%), between paralegals (-21.6%) and sales development representatives (-23.4%). The typical role here is at -12.6%, so, measured against the US, recruiters cost less in Fayetteville-Springdale than the area's general pay level would suggest. Recruiters hold 6.1% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Fayetteville-Springdale, 5.8% across Arkansas and 5.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Arkansas

Across the 9 areas of Arkansas with data for this job, the median runs from $51,260 in Hot Springs to $58,830 in Fayetteville-Springdale, a gap of $7,570 a year. The one area in Arkansas with more recruiters, Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR ($57,640), pays less: a bigger pool at a lower median.

Fayetteville-Springdale against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Fayetteville-Springdale is #82 of 521 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, yet its pay sits in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Arkansas, El Paso and Enid pay just above Fayetteville-Springdale and Tyler and Hammond just below. All four are within $550 a year of the median in Fayetteville-Springdale. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, all three pay more.

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