Recruiter salary in Longview, TX

Pay in Longview against Texas and the US

The middle half of recruiters in Longview earns $50,120–$77,950. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $97,760, 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 $27,830 wide, against $37,890 across Texas and $40,770 nationally: employers in Longview pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a recruiter here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $13,200 a year in pay and about $17,032 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $14,630 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 Longview, and the Texas statewide median of $68,920 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Longview

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 $18,798 to the $64,750 median and brings it to $83,548 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 Longview

Of the 17 roles we track in Longview, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($75,060) and sales development representatives ($62,080). Project Coordinator is the highest at $85,870.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #10 of the 17 roles we track in Longview (-14.7%), between administrative assistants (-14.6%) and virtual receptionists (-14.9%). The typical role here is at -14.6%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Recruiters hold 5.0% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Longview, 5.4% across Texas and 5.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Texas

Across the 32 areas of Texas with data for this job, the median runs from $46,630 in Eagle Pass to $78,650 in Midland, a gap of $32,020 a year. Of the 17 areas in Texas with more recruiters than Longview, 11 pay less, the largest of them El Paso, TX ($58,990), the North Region of Texas nonmetro area ($62,490) and McAllen-Edinburg, TX ($53,600).

Longview against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Longview is #238 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Texas, Cape Coral-Fort Myers and New Orleans-Metairie pay just above Longview and Jacksonville and Hickory-Lenoir just below. All four are within $50 a year of the median in Longview. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, one pays more.

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