Recruiter salary in the Northeast Alabama nonmetro area

Pay in the Northeast Alabama nonmetro area against Alabama and the US

The middle half of recruiters in the Northeast Alabama nonmetro area earns $46,830–$76,770. The top tenth earns $98,510 or more, 2.6 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.7 times. The mean ($64,170) is 8% 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 $29,940 wide, against $34,100 across Alabama and $40,770 nationally: employers in the Northeast Alabama 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 $17,580 a year in pay and about $22,684 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $12,360 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 median and the 75th percentile in the Northeast Alabama nonmetro area, and the Alabama statewide median of $64,940 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Northeast Alabama nonmetro area

At the $59,190 median, a local hire costs about $76,374 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $17,184 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 Northeast Alabama nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the Northeast Alabama nonmetro area, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($66,010) and executive assistants ($58,550). Project Coordinator is the highest at $94,730.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #8 of the 16 roles we track in the Northeast Alabama nonmetro area (-22.1%), between accountants (-21.1%) and executive assistants (-23.6%). The typical role here is at -22.8%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Recruiters hold 5.3% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the Northeast Alabama nonmetro area, 5.1% across Alabama and 5.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Alabama

Across the 16 areas of Alabama with data for this job, the median runs from $55,720 in Gadsden to $78,780 in Huntsville, a gap of $23,060 a year. All 4 areas in Alabama with more recruiters than the Northeast Alabama nonmetro area also pay more, among them Birmingham, AL ($67,880) and Huntsville, AL ($78,780).

the Northeast Alabama nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northeast Alabama nonmetro area is #206 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 Alabama, Macon-Bibb County and Sebring pay just above the Northeast Alabama nonmetro area and Johnstown and Houma-Bayou Cane just below. All four are within $250 a year of the median in the Northeast Alabama nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, two pay more.

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