Recruiter salary in Grand Junction, CO

Pay in Grand Junction against Colorado and the US

The middle half of recruiters in Grand Junction earns $53,070–$88,220. The top tenth earns $110,250 or more, 2.6 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.7 times. The mean ($73,450) is 10% 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 $35,150 wide, against $42,350 across Colorado and $40,770 nationally: employers in Grand Junction pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a recruiter here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $21,560 over the median, the 25th only $13,590 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $27,819 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 Grand Junction, and the Colorado statewide median of $80,840 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Grand Junction

At the $66,660 median, a local hire costs about $86,013 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $19,353 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 Grand Junction

Of the 16 roles we track in Grand Junction, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between office managers ($67,240) and sales development representatives ($66,610). Project Coordinator is the highest at $94,690.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #14 of the 16 roles we track in Grand Junction (-12.2%), between e-commerce order specialists (-10.0%) and marketing specialists (-19.2%). The typical role here is at -6.5%, so, measured against the US, recruiters cost less in Grand Junction than the area's general pay level would suggest. Recruiters hold 4.4% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Grand Junction, 6.1% across Colorado and 5.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Colorado

Across the 10 areas of Colorado with data for this job, the median runs from $66,660 in Grand Junction to $86,200 in Boulder, a gap of $19,540 a year. All 9 areas in Colorado with more recruiters than Grand Junction also pay more, among them Denver-Aurora, CO ($82,550) and Colorado Springs, CO ($79,000).

Grand Junction against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Grand Junction is #373 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Colorado, Goldsboro and Battle Creek pay just above Grand Junction and Lancaster and Pensacola-Ferry Pass just below. All four are within $400 a year of the median in Grand Junction. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, two pay more.

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