Recruiter salary in the Northeast Iowa nonmetro area

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

Recruiters at the 90th percentile earn $106,480, 2.6 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.7. The middle half of recruiters in the Northeast Iowa nonmetro area earns $49,760–$79,990. The mean ($69,300) is 10% 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 $30,230 wide, against $31,880 across Iowa and $40,770 nationally: employers in the Northeast Iowa 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 $17,140 a year in pay and about $22,116 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $13,090 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 Iowa nonmetro area, and the Iowa statewide median of $66,710 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Northeast Iowa nonmetro area

At the $62,850 median, a local hire costs about $81,097 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,247 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 Iowa nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Northeast Iowa nonmetro area, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($76,520) and marketing specialists ($59,710). Project Coordinator is the highest at $85,440.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #13 of the 17 roles we track in the Northeast Iowa nonmetro area (-17.2%), between office managers (-16.6%) and paralegals (-23.9%). The typical role here is at -12.3%, so, measured against the US, recruiters cost less in the Northeast Iowa nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Recruiters hold 6.1% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Northeast Iowa nonmetro area, 5.8% across Iowa and 5.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Iowa

Across the 12 areas of Iowa with data for this job, the median runs from $61,900 in Waterloo-Cedar Falls to $79,670 in Davenport-Moline, a gap of $17,770 a year. All 6 areas in Iowa with more recruiters than the Northeast Iowa nonmetro area also pay more, among them Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA ($71,600) and Davenport-Moline, IA-IL ($79,670).

the Northeast Iowa nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northeast Iowa nonmetro area is #268 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Iowa, Beckley and Brunswick-St. Simons pay just above the Northeast Iowa nonmetro area and Great Falls and Jackson just below. All four are within $130 a year of the median in the Northeast Iowa nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, two pay more.

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