Recruiter salary in the North Missouri nonmetro area

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

The middle half of recruiters in the North Missouri nonmetro area earns $48,200–$75,860. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $95,180, only 2.3 times the bottom tenth, against 2.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $27,660 wide, against $38,150 across Missouri and $40,770 nationally: employers in the North Missouri nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a recruiter here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $13,730 a year in pay and about $17,716 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $13,930 in pay. 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 Missouri nonmetro area, and the Missouri statewide median of $66,990 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 Missouri nonmetro area

At the $62,130 median, a local hire costs about $80,168 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,038 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 the North Missouri nonmetro area

Of the 15 roles we track in the North Missouri nonmetro area, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($65,650) and marketing specialists ($56,130). Project Coordinator is the highest at $76,590.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #5 of the 15 roles we track in the North Missouri nonmetro area (-18.2%), between medical administrative assistants (-17.4%) and customer support specialists (-19.5%). The typical role here is at -21.2%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Recruiters hold 4.4% of the jobs in these 15 roles in the North Missouri nonmetro area, 6.4% across Missouri and 5.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Missouri

Across the 12 areas of Missouri with data for this job, the median runs from $56,140 in the Southwest Missouri nonmetro area to $75,190 in Kansas City, a gap of $19,050 a year. Of the 8 areas in Missouri with more recruiters than the North Missouri nonmetro area, 2 pay less: the Southeast Missouri nonmetro area ($60,040) and Joplin, MO-KS ($61,240).

the North Missouri nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the North Missouri nonmetro area is #354 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 Missouri, Amarillo and Alexandria pay just above the North Missouri nonmetro area and Grand Island and Sandusky just below. All four are within $80 a year of the median in the North Missouri nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, all three pay more.

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