Recruiter salary in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area

Pay in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area against California and the US

The middle half of recruiters in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area earns $61,820–$96,140. The top tenth earns $124,330 or more, 2.6 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.7 times. The mean ($80,820) 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 $34,320 wide, against $51,370 across California and $40,770 nationally: employers in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California 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 $21,980 over the median, the 25th only $12,340 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $28,361 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 Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area, and the California statewide median of $83,500 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California 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 $21,530 to the $74,160 median and brings it to $95,690 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 Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between executive assistants ($78,730) and sales development representatives ($71,200). Project Coordinator is the highest at $86,540.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #16 of the 17 roles we track in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area (-2.3%), between accountants (-1.8%) and project coordinators (-15.4%). The typical role here is at +2.8%, so, measured against the US, recruiters cost less in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Recruiters hold 4.8% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area, 6.2% across California and 5.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in California

Across the 28 areas of California with data for this job, the median runs from $70,830 in Redding to $112,140 in San Jose-Sunnyvale, a gap of $41,310 a year. Of the 19 areas in California with more recruiters than the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area, 1 pays less: Visalia, CA ($74,050).

the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area is #314 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside California, Raleigh-Cary and Pittsfield pay just above the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area and Peoria and Watertown-Fort Drum just below. All four are within $240 a year of the median in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, none pays as much.

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