Recruiter salary in Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV

Pay in Hagerstown-Martinsburg against Maryland and the US

Recruiters at the 90th percentile earn $135,760, 2.9 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.7. The middle half of recruiters in Hagerstown-Martinsburg earns $61,740–$106,500. The mean ($85,620) 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 $44,760 wide, between the figure for Maryland ($46,770) and the US figure ($40,770).

What to budget for a recruiter here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $28,770 over the median, the 25th only $15,990 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $37,123 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 25th percentile and the median in Hagerstown-Martinsburg, and the Maryland statewide median of $83,910 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in Hagerstown-Martinsburg

At the $77,730 median, a local hire costs about $100,297 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $22,567 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 Hagerstown-Martinsburg

Of the 16 roles we track in Hagerstown-Martinsburg, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($88,600); accountants come next at $75,250.

Measured against the US median, this job is the best paid of the 16 roles we track in Hagerstown-Martinsburg (+2.4%); data entry specialists come last (-21.8%). The typical role here is at -9.4%, so, measured against the US, recruiters cost more in Hagerstown-Martinsburg than the area's general pay level would suggest. Recruiters hold 5.2% of the jobs in the 15 of these roles with a job count in Hagerstown-Martinsburg, 5.1% across Maryland and 5.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Maryland

Across the 5 areas of Maryland with data for this job, the median runs from $67,640 in Salisbury to $98,170 in Lexington Park, a gap of $30,530 a year. The one area in Maryland with more recruiters, Baltimore-Columbia, MD ($82,380), also pays more.

Hagerstown-Martinsburg against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Hagerstown-Martinsburg is #243 of 521 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside Maryland, Springfield and Fairbanks-College pay just above Hagerstown-Martinsburg and Atlantic City-Hammonton and Worcester just below. All four are within $440 a year of the median in Hagerstown-Martinsburg. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, none pays as much.

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