Recruiter salary in La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN

Pay in La Crosse-Onalaska against Wisconsin and the US

The middle half of recruiters in La Crosse-Onalaska earns $55,510–$81,370. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $102,690, only 2.2 times the bottom tenth, against 2.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($71,190) is 9% 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 $25,860 wide, against $27,560 across Wisconsin and $40,770 nationally: employers in La Crosse-Onalaska 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 $15,970 over the median, the 25th only $9,890 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $20,606 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 La Crosse-Onalaska, and the Wisconsin statewide median of $70,540 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in La Crosse-Onalaska

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 $18,987 to the $65,400 median and brings it to $84,387 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 La Crosse-Onalaska

Of the 17 roles we track in La Crosse-Onalaska, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between office managers ($66,420) and executive assistants ($61,940). Project Coordinator is the highest at $94,990.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #14 of the 17 roles we track in La Crosse-Onalaska (-13.9%), between sales development representatives (-12.2%) and executive assistants (-19.1%). The typical role here is at -3.6%, so, measured against the US, recruiters cost less in La Crosse-Onalaska than the area's general pay level would suggest. Recruiters hold 5.3% of the jobs in these 17 roles in La Crosse-Onalaska, 6.2% across Wisconsin and 5.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

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 11 areas in Wisconsin with more recruiters than La Crosse-Onalaska, 4 pay less, the largest of them the Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetro area ($63,800), Appleton, WI ($63,650) and Janesville-Beloit, WI ($63,270).

La Crosse-Onalaska against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, La Crosse-Onalaska is #308 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Wisconsin, Orlando-Kissimmee and Billings pay just above La Crosse-Onalaska and Wichita and Scranton-Wilkes-Barre just below. All four are within $70 a year of the median in La Crosse-Onalaska. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, two pay more.

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