Recruiter salary in Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL

Pay in Lakeland-Winter Haven against Florida and the US

The middle half of recruiters in Lakeland-Winter Haven earns $49,860–$82,480. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $105,570, only 2.4 times the bottom tenth, against 2.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($70,560) 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 $32,620 wide, against $39,150 across Florida and $40,770 nationally: employers in Lakeland-Winter Haven pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a recruiter here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $19,510 a year in pay and about $25,174 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $13,110 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 Lakeland-Winter Haven, and the Florida statewide median of $66,410 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Lakeland-Winter Haven

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 $18,282 to the $62,970 median and brings it to $81,252 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 Lakeland-Winter Haven

Of the 17 roles we track in Lakeland-Winter Haven, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between office managers ($63,580) and payroll specialists ($52,710). Project Coordinator is the highest at $94,720.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #14 of the 17 roles we track in Lakeland-Winter Haven (-17.1%), between medical administrative assistants (-14.0%) and paralegals (-21.3%). The typical role here is at -9.5%, so, measured against the US, recruiters cost less in Lakeland-Winter Haven than the area's general pay level would suggest. Recruiters hold 5.3% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Lakeland-Winter Haven, 5.4% across Florida and 5.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Florida

Across the 24 areas of Florida with data for this job, the median runs from $57,320 in Tallahassee to $76,230 in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach, a gap of $18,910 a year. Of the 7 areas in Florida with more recruiters than Lakeland-Winter Haven, 2 pay less: Palm Bay-Melbourne, FL ($62,700) and Tallahassee, FL ($57,320).

Lakeland-Winter Haven against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Lakeland-Winter Haven is #95 of 521 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, with pay near the middle of the US range. Outside Florida, Sherman-Denison and Decatur pay just above Lakeland-Winter Haven and Beaumont-Port Arthur and Brunswick-St. Simons just below. All four are within $100 a year of the median in Lakeland-Winter Haven. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, all three pay more.

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