Recruiter salary in Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY

Pay in Huntington-Ashland against West Virginia and the US

Recruiters at the 90th percentile earn $104,890, 2.7 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.7. The middle half of recruiters in Huntington-Ashland earns $48,700–$77,750. The mean ($67,150) is 12% 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 $29,050 wide, against $38,900 across West Virginia and $40,770 nationally: employers in Huntington-Ashland 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 $17,940 over the median, the 25th only $11,110 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $23,148 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 Huntington-Ashland, and the West Virginia statewide median of $66,860 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Huntington-Ashland

At the $59,810 median, a local hire costs about $77,174 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $17,364 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 Huntington-Ashland

Of the 16 roles we track in Huntington-Ashland, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($70,840) and executive assistants ($58,700). Project Coordinator is the highest at $79,590.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #12 of the 16 roles we track in Huntington-Ashland (-21.2%), between payroll specialists (-20.9%) and project coordinators (-22.2%). The typical role here is at -18.9%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Recruiters hold 4.3% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Huntington-Ashland, 5.3% across West Virginia and 5.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in West Virginia

Across the 9 areas of West Virginia with data for this job, the median runs from $59,810 in Huntington-Ashland to $94,520 in Parkersburg-Vienna, a gap of $34,710 a year. No other area in West Virginia has as many recruiters, and none of the others pays less.

Huntington-Ashland against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Huntington-Ashland is #229 of 521 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside West Virginia, Dothan and Morristown pay just above Huntington-Ashland and Victoria and Sebring just below. All four are within $370 a year of the median in Huntington-Ashland. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, all three pay more.

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