Recruiter salary in the North Central Tennessee nonmetro area

Pay in the North Central Tennessee nonmetro area against Tennessee and the US

The middle half of recruiters in the North Central Tennessee nonmetro area earns $57,170–$74,070. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $90,120, only 2.0 times the bottom tenth, against 2.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($66,080) is 9% 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 $16,900 wide, against $31,310 across Tennessee and $40,770 nationally: employers in the North Central Tennessee 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 $13,360 over the median, the 25th only $3,540 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $17,239 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 75th and 90th percentiles in the North Central Tennessee nonmetro area, and the Tennessee statewide median of $67,370 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local recruiters earn.

What a hire really costs in the North Central Tennessee 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 $17,625 to the $60,710 median and brings it to $78,335 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 North Central Tennessee nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the North Central Tennessee nonmetro area, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($62,750) and office managers ($59,610). Project Coordinator is the highest at $78,470.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #11 of the 17 roles we track in the North Central Tennessee nonmetro area (-20.1%), between paralegals (-19.4%) and marketing specialists (-20.3%). The typical role here is at -18.9%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Recruiters hold 5.5% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the North Central Tennessee nonmetro area, 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. All 4 areas in Tennessee with more recruiters than the North Central Tennessee nonmetro area also pay more, among them Nashville-Murfreesboro, TN ($67,380) and Memphis, TN-MS ($69,150).

the North Central Tennessee nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the North Central Tennessee nonmetro area is #220 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 Tennessee, Sebastian-Vero Beach and Erie pay just above the North Central Tennessee nonmetro area and Cape Girardeau and Youngstown-Warren just below. All four are within $150 a year of the median in the North Central Tennessee nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, all three pay more.

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