Recruiter salary in North Port-Bradenton, FL

Pay in North Port-Bradenton against Florida and the US

The middle half of recruiters in North Port-Bradenton earns $54,760–$91,060. The top tenth earns $113,620 or more, 2.5 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.7 times. The mean ($76,080) 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 only $36,300 wide, against $39,150 across Florida and $40,770 nationally: employers in North Port-Bradenton 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 $23,960 over the median, the 25th only $12,340 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $30,916 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 North Port-Bradenton, and the Florida statewide median of $66,410 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in North Port-Bradenton

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 $19,481 to the $67,100 median and brings it to $86,581 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 North Port-Bradenton

Of the 17 roles we track in North Port-Bradenton, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($73,260) and office managers ($67,090). Project Coordinator is the highest at $96,510.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #15 of the 17 roles we track in North Port-Bradenton (-11.6%), between payroll specialists (-9.2%) and executive assistants (-14.1%). The typical role here is at -5.5%, so, measured against the US, recruiters cost less in North Port-Bradenton than the area's general pay level would suggest. Recruiters hold 4.1% of the jobs in these 17 roles in North Port-Bradenton, 5.4% across Florida and 5.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

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 6 areas in Florida with more recruiters than North Port-Bradenton, 4 pay less, the largest of them Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL ($65,580), Orlando-Kissimmee, FL ($65,430) and Palm Bay-Melbourne, FL ($62,700).

North Port-Bradenton against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, North Port-Bradenton is #89 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 Florida, Augusta-Richmond County and Toledo pay just above North Port-Bradenton and Duluth and Dover just below. All four are within $180 a year of the median in North Port-Bradenton. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, all three pay more.

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