Recruiter salary in Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI

Pay in Grand Rapids-Wyoming against Michigan and the US

The middle half of recruiters in Grand Rapids-Wyoming earns $52,890–$82,240. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $104,600, only 2.3 times the bottom tenth, against 2.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($72,280) 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 $29,350 wide, against $33,710 across Michigan and $40,770 nationally: employers in Grand Rapids-Wyoming pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a recruiter here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $12,870 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $16,480, or about $21,265 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 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, and the Michigan statewide median of $69,520 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Grand Rapids-Wyoming

Pay is only part of it. Benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², which adds about $19,092 to the $65,760 median and brings it to $84,852 a year. 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 Rapids-Wyoming

Of the 17 roles we track in Grand Rapids-Wyoming, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between sales development representatives ($66,340) and executive assistants ($65,090). Project Coordinator is the highest at $95,020.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #15 of the 17 roles we track in Grand Rapids-Wyoming (-13.4%), between medical administrative assistants (-10.3%) and executive assistants (-15.0%). The typical role here is at -5.2%, so, measured against the US, recruiters cost less in Grand Rapids-Wyoming than the area's general pay level would suggest. Recruiters hold 6.8% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Grand Rapids-Wyoming, 6.3% across Michigan and 5.8% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Michigan

Across the 19 areas of Michigan with data for this job, the median runs from $60,280 in the Northern Michigan nonmetro area to $77,770 in Ann Arbor, a gap of $17,490 a year. The one area in Michigan with more recruiters, Detroit-Warren, MI ($75,830), also pays more.

Grand Rapids-Wyoming against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Grand Rapids-Wyoming is #48 of 521 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, with pay near the middle of the US range. Outside Michigan, Lewiston and Boise City pay just above Grand Rapids-Wyoming and Clarksville and Tampa-St. Petersburg just below. All four are within $300 a year of the median in Grand Rapids-Wyoming. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, all three pay more.

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