Recruiter salary in Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC

Pay in Myrtle Beach-Conway against South Carolina and the US

Recruiters at the 90th percentile earn $113,740, 2.7 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.7. The middle half of recruiters in Myrtle Beach-Conway earns $51,720–$80,430. The mean ($71,440) is 16% 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 $28,710 wide, against $35,610 across South Carolina and $40,770 nationally: employers in Myrtle Beach-Conway 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 $18,860 over the median, the 25th only $9,850 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $24,335 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 Myrtle Beach-Conway, and the South Carolina statewide median of $65,370 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Myrtle Beach-Conway

At the $61,570 median, a local hire costs about $79,445 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $17,875 here. 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 Myrtle Beach-Conway

Of the 16 roles we track in Myrtle Beach-Conway, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($74,520) and executive assistants ($60,210). Project Coordinator is the highest at $77,410.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #11 of the 16 roles we track in Myrtle Beach-Conway (-18.9%), between customer support specialists (-18.4%) and executive assistants (-21.4%). The typical role here is at -15.0%, so, measured against the US, recruiters cost less in Myrtle Beach-Conway than the area's general pay level would suggest. Recruiters hold 3.8% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Myrtle Beach-Conway, 5.5% across South Carolina and 5.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in South Carolina

Across the 11 areas of South Carolina with data for this job, the median runs from $61,300 in Florence to $70,580 in Charleston-North Charleston, a gap of $9,280 a year. All 4 areas in South Carolina with more recruiters than Myrtle Beach-Conway also pay more, among them Greenville-Anderson, SC ($66,870) and Columbia, SC ($67,990).

Myrtle Beach-Conway against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Myrtle Beach-Conway is #222 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 South Carolina, San Angelo and Rocky Mount pay just above Myrtle Beach-Conway and Homosassa Springs and Charleston just below. All four are within $90 a year of the median in Myrtle Beach-Conway. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, all three pay more.

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