Recruiter salary in Kenosha, WI

Pay in Kenosha against Wisconsin and the US

The middle half of recruiters in Kenosha earns $59,000–$81,190. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $101,960, only 2.1 times the bottom tenth, against 2.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($71,440) is 11% 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 $22,190 wide, against $27,560 across Wisconsin and $40,770 nationally: employers in Kenosha 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 $17,110 over the median, the 25th only $5,080 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $22,077 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 Kenosha, and the Wisconsin statewide median of $70,540 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Kenosha

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 $18,604 to the $64,080 median and brings it to $82,684 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 Kenosha

Of the 16 roles we track in Kenosha, this one ranks #7 by median pay, between sales development representatives ($64,360) and payroll specialists ($59,790). Project Coordinator is the highest at $93,850.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 16 roles we track in Kenosha (-15.6%); virtual receptionists come first (+12.9%). The typical role here is at -3.8%, so, measured against the US, recruiters cost less in Kenosha than the area's general pay level would suggest. Recruiters hold 7.6% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Kenosha, 6.2% across Wisconsin and 5.8% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Wisconsin

Across the 17 areas of Wisconsin with data for this job, the median runs from $63,270 in Janesville-Beloit to $76,660 in Madison, a gap of $13,390 a year. Of the 9 areas in Wisconsin with more recruiters than Kenosha, 3 pay less: the Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetro area ($63,800), Appleton, WI ($63,650) and Janesville-Beloit, WI ($63,270).

Kenosha against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Kenosha is #261 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Wisconsin, Bozeman and Lawrence pay just above Kenosha and Tucson and Altoona just below. All four are within $170 a year of the median in Kenosha. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, all three pay more.

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