Recruiter salary in Nashville-Murfreesboro, TN

Pay in Nashville-Murfreesboro against Tennessee and the US

The middle half of recruiters in Nashville-Murfreesboro earns $57,070–$89,040. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $113,340, only 2.3 times the bottom tenth, against 2.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($75,970) is 13% 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 $31,970 wide, between the figure for Tennessee ($31,310) and the US figure ($40,770).

What to budget for a recruiter here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $21,660 over the median, the 25th only $10,310 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $27,948 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 Nashville-Murfreesboro, and the Tennessee statewide median of $67,370 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Nashville-Murfreesboro

At the $67,380 median, a local hire costs about $86,942 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $19,562 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 Nashville-Murfreesboro

Of the 17 roles we track in Nashville-Murfreesboro, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between office managers ($73,060) and sales development representatives ($62,930). Project Coordinator is the highest at $85,990.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #15 of the 17 roles we track in Nashville-Murfreesboro (-11.3%), between sales development representatives (-10.1%) and e-commerce order specialists (-12.1%). The typical role here is at -3.3%, so, measured against the US, recruiters cost less in Nashville-Murfreesboro than the area's general pay level would suggest. Recruiters hold 6.2% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Nashville-Murfreesboro, 5.9% across Tennessee and 5.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Tennessee

Across the 14 areas of Tennessee with data for this job, the median runs from $59,820 in Morristown to $70,460 in the South Central Tennessee nonmetro area, a gap of $10,640 a year. No other area in Tennessee has as many recruiters, and 11 of the other 13 pay less.

Nashville-Murfreesboro against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Nashville-Murfreesboro is #22 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 Tennessee, Spartanburg and Muskegon-Norton Shores pay just above Nashville-Murfreesboro and Champaign-Urbana and Indianapolis-Carmel just below. All four are within $80 a year of the median in Nashville-Murfreesboro. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, all three pay more.

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