Recruiter salary in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS

Pay in Gulfport-Biloxi against Mississippi and the US

The middle half of recruiters in Gulfport-Biloxi earns $49,940–$94,520. The top tenth earns $115,920 or more, 2.6 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.7 times. The mean ($75,440) 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 $44,580 wide, wider than in Mississippi as a whole ($34,990) and the US ($40,770), so what a recruiter earns in Gulfport-Biloxi depends more on the employer.

What to budget for a recruiter here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $25,710 a year in pay and about $33,174 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $18,870 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 Gulfport-Biloxi, and the Mississippi statewide median of $60,300 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Gulfport-Biloxi

At the $68,810 median, a local hire costs about $88,787 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $19,977 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 Gulfport-Biloxi

Of the 17 roles we track in Gulfport-Biloxi, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($76,380) and executive assistants ($60,640). Project Coordinator is the highest at $84,200.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #3 of the 17 roles we track in Gulfport-Biloxi (-9.4%), between accountants (-8.7%) and data entry specialists (-11.9%). The typical role here is at -17.7%, so, measured against the US, recruiters cost more in Gulfport-Biloxi than the area's general pay level would suggest. Recruiters hold 5.9% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Gulfport-Biloxi and 5.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Mississippi

Across the 7 areas of Mississippi with data for this job, the median runs from $52,870 in the West Delta Mississippi nonmetro area to $68,810 in Gulfport-Biloxi, a gap of $15,940 a year. The one area in Mississippi with more recruiters, Jackson, MS ($62,720), pays less: a bigger pool at a lower median.

Gulfport-Biloxi against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Gulfport-Biloxi is #154 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Mississippi, Pueblo and Deltona-Daytona Beach pay just above Gulfport-Biloxi and Winston-Salem and Naples-Marco Island just below. All four are within $390 a year of the median in Gulfport-Biloxi. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, one pays more.

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