Recruiter salary in the North Florida nonmetro area

Pay in the North Florida nonmetro area against Florida and the US

The middle half of recruiters in the North Florida nonmetro area earns $48,370–$82,650. The top tenth earns $104,790 or more, 2.7 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.7 times. The mean ($68,020) 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 $34,280 wide, against $39,150 across Florida and $40,770 nationally: employers in the North Florida 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 $21,730 over the median, the 25th only $12,550 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $28,039 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 North Florida nonmetro area, and the Florida statewide median of $66,410 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the North Florida 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 $17,686 to the $60,920 median and brings it to $78,606 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 Florida nonmetro area

Of the 15 roles we track in the North Florida nonmetro area, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between executive assistants ($61,300) and office managers ($60,630). Project Coordinator is the highest at $86,170.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #12 of the 15 roles we track in the North Florida nonmetro area (-19.8%), between sales development representatives (-17.6%) and executive assistants (-20.0%). The typical role here is at -13.5%, so, measured against the US, recruiters cost less in the North Florida nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Recruiters hold 5.3% of the jobs in these 15 roles in the North Florida nonmetro area, 5.4% across Florida and 5.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Florida

Across the 24 areas of Florida with data for this job, the median runs from $57,320 in Tallahassee to $76,230 in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach, a gap of $18,910 a year. Of the 15 areas in Florida with more recruiters than the North Florida nonmetro area, 2 pay less: Tallahassee, FL ($57,320) and Gainesville, FL ($57,520).

the North Florida nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the North Florida nonmetro area is #274 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 Florida, Muncie and Albany pay just above the North Florida nonmetro area and Erie and Cape Girardeau just below. All four are within $260 a year of the median in the North Florida nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, all three pay more.

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