Recruiter salary in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton, SC

Pay in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton against South Carolina and the US

The middle half of recruiters in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton earns $56,750–$86,940. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $106,310, only 2.2 times the bottom tenth, against 2.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $30,190 wide, against $35,610 across South Carolina and $40,770 nationally: employers in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a recruiter here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $17,200 a year in pay and about $22,194 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $12,990 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 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton, and the South Carolina statewide median of $65,370 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton

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 $20,247 to the $69,740 median and brings it to $89,987 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 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton

Of the 16 roles we track in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($71,330) and executive assistants ($62,270). Project Coordinator is the highest at $79,990.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #6 of the 16 roles we track in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton (-8.2%), between accountants (-7.3%) and medical administrative assistants (-9.4%). The typical role here is at -10.3%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Recruiters hold 3.4% of the jobs in the 15 of these roles with a job count in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton, 5.5% across South Carolina and 5.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in South Carolina

Across the 11 areas of South Carolina with data for this job, the median runs from $61,300 in Florence to $70,580 in Charleston-North Charleston, a gap of $9,280 a year. Of the 8 areas in South Carolina with more recruiters than Hilton Head Island-Bluffton, 6 pay less, the largest of them Greenville-Anderson, SC ($66,870), Columbia, SC ($67,990) and Spartanburg, SC ($67,410).

Hilton Head Island-Bluffton against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Hilton Head Island-Bluffton is #355 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside South Carolina, Blacksburg-Christiansburg and Akron pay just above Hilton Head Island-Bluffton and Burlington and Lynchburg just below. All four are within $250 a year of the median in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, none pays as much.

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