Recruiter salary in the Middle Georgia nonmetro area

Pay in the Middle Georgia nonmetro area against Georgia and the US

The middle half of recruiters in the Middle Georgia nonmetro area earns $47,590–$82,450. The top tenth earns $105,370 or more, 2.6 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.7 times. The mean ($69,210) 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 $34,860 wide, against $41,930 across Georgia and $40,770 nationally: employers in the Middle Georgia nonmetro area 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 $20,920 over the median, the 25th only $13,940 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $26,994 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 the Middle Georgia nonmetro area, and the Georgia statewide median of $70,570 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Middle Georgia 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 $17,864 to the $61,530 median and brings it to $79,394 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 Middle Georgia nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Middle Georgia nonmetro area, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($62,150) and office managers ($58,640). Project Coordinator is the highest at $82,400.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #10 of the 17 roles we track in the Middle Georgia nonmetro area (-19.0%), between sales development representatives (-18.3%) and project coordinators (-19.5%). The typical role here is at -18.3%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Recruiters hold 6.5% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Middle Georgia nonmetro area, 6.3% across Georgia and 5.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Georgia

Across the 18 areas of Georgia with data for this job, the median runs from $55,260 in Valdosta to $77,920 in Warner Robins, a gap of $22,660 a year. Of the 6 areas in Georgia with more recruiters than the Middle Georgia nonmetro area, 1 pays less: the South Georgia nonmetro area ($60,970).

the Middle Georgia nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Middle Georgia nonmetro area is #182 of 521 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Georgia, Homosassa Springs and Myrtle Beach-Conway pay just above the Middle Georgia nonmetro area and Charleston and Baton Rouge just below. All four are within $130 a year of the median in the Middle Georgia nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, all three pay more.

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