Recruiter salary in Gainesville, GA

Pay in Gainesville against Georgia and the US

Recruiters at the 90th percentile earn $107,920, 2.6 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.7. The middle half of recruiters in Gainesville earns $49,740–$81,330. The mean ($70,180) 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 $31,590 wide, against $41,930 across Georgia and $40,770 nationally: employers in Gainesville pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a recruiter here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $13,590 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $18,000, or about $23,226 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 Gainesville, and the Georgia statewide median of $70,570 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Gainesville

At the $63,330 median, a local hire costs about $81,716 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,386 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 Gainesville

Of the 17 roles we track in Gainesville, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($64,570) and office managers ($62,760). Project Coordinator is the highest at $83,970.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #13 of the 17 roles we track in Gainesville (-16.6%), between customer support specialists (-12.2%) and administrative assistants (-17.3%). The typical role here is at -10.2%, so, measured against the US, recruiters cost less in Gainesville than the area's general pay level would suggest. Recruiters hold 5.5% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Gainesville, 6.3% across Georgia and 5.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Georgia

Across the 18 areas of Georgia with data for this job, the median runs from $55,260 in Valdosta to $77,920 in Warner Robins, a gap of $22,660 a year. Of the 9 areas in Georgia with more recruiters than Gainesville, 5 pay less, the largest of them Savannah, GA ($62,690), the South Georgia nonmetro area ($60,970) and the North Georgia nonmetro area ($63,180).

Gainesville against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Gainesville is #264 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Georgia, Columbia and Jackson pay just above Gainesville and Waco and Lincoln just below. All four are within $100 a year of the median in Gainesville. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, two pay more.

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