Recruiter salary in the Maryland nonmetro area

Pay in the Maryland nonmetro area against Maryland and the US

The middle half of recruiters in the Maryland nonmetro area earns $59,050–$92,700. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $114,120, only 2.3 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 $33,650 wide, against $46,770 across Maryland and $40,770 nationally: employers in the Maryland nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a recruiter here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $13,870 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $19,780, or about $25,523 once benefits are added. 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 the Maryland nonmetro area, and the Maryland statewide median of $83,910 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Maryland nonmetro area

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 $21,170 to the $72,920 median and brings it to $94,090 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 the Maryland nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Maryland nonmetro area, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($76,260) and executive assistants ($68,180). Project Coordinator is the highest at $90,490.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #7 of the 17 roles we track in the Maryland nonmetro area (-4.0%), between payroll specialists (-3.8%) and paralegals (-4.7%). The typical role here is at -8.1%, so, measured against the US, recruiters cost more in the Maryland nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Recruiters hold 3.4% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Maryland nonmetro area, 5.0% across Maryland and 5.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Maryland

Across the 5 areas of Maryland with data for this job, the median runs from $67,640 in Salisbury to $98,170 in Lexington Park, a gap of $30,530 a year. All 2 areas in Maryland with more recruiters than the Maryland nonmetro area also pay more, among them Baltimore-Columbia, MD ($82,380) and Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV ($77,730).

the Maryland nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Maryland nonmetro area is #318 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Maryland, San Antonio-New Braunfels and Cincinnati pay just above the Maryland nonmetro area and Midland and Fond du Lac just below. All four are within $310 a year of the median in the Maryland nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, none pays as much.

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