Recruiter salary in Flagstaff, AZ

Pay in Flagstaff against Arizona and the US

The middle half of recruiters in Flagstaff earns $49,400–$81,540. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $100,130, only 2.1 times the bottom tenth, against 2.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($70,690) is 11% 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 $32,140 wide, against $36,450 across Arizona and $40,770 nationally: employers in Flagstaff pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a recruiter here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $18,110 a year in pay and about $23,368 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $14,030 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 Flagstaff, and the Arizona statewide median of $71,390 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Flagstaff

At the $63,430 median, a local hire costs about $81,845 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,415 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 Flagstaff

Of the 16 roles we track in Flagstaff, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between executive assistants ($65,170) and office managers ($61,640). Accountant is the highest at $77,980.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #13 of the 16 roles we track in Flagstaff (-16.5%), between executive assistants (-14.9%) and paralegals (-18.7%). The typical role here is at -7.9%, so, measured against the US, recruiters cost less in Flagstaff than the area's general pay level would suggest. Recruiters hold 5.9% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Flagstaff, 5.8% across Arizona and 5.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Arizona

Across the 8 areas of Arizona with data for this job, the median runs from $60,500 in the Arizona nonmetro area to $78,450 in Sierra Vista-Douglas, a gap of $17,950 a year. Of the 4 areas in Arizona with more recruiters than Flagstaff, 1 pays less: the Arizona nonmetro area ($60,500).

Flagstaff against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Flagstaff is #350 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Arizona, Coeur d'Alene and Tulsa pay just above Flagstaff and Jackson and Columbia just below. All four are within $70 a year of the median in Flagstaff. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, all three pay more.

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