Recruiter salary in the Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetro area

Pay in the Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetro area against Pennsylvania and the US

Recruiters at the 90th percentile earn $114,880, 2.6 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.7. The middle half of recruiters in the Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetro area earns $53,380–$88,500. The mean ($73,320) 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 $35,120 wide, between the figure for Pennsylvania ($34,870) and the US figure ($40,770).

What to budget for a recruiter here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $21,780 over the median, the 25th only $13,340 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $28,103 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 Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetro area, and the Pennsylvania statewide median of $70,450 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetro area

At the $66,720 median, a local hire costs about $86,090 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $19,370 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 Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetro area, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($69,990) and executive assistants ($61,480). Project Coordinator is the highest at $96,830.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #8 of the 17 roles we track in the Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetro area (-12.1%), between e-commerce order specialists (-11.8%) and customer support specialists (-14.3%). The typical role here is at -14.3%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Recruiters hold 4.5% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetro area, 6.5% across Pennsylvania and 5.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Pennsylvania

Across the 20 areas of Pennsylvania with data for this job, the median runs from $59,120 in Johnstown to $76,700 in Philadelphia-Camden, a gap of $17,580 a year. Of the 12 areas in Pennsylvania with more recruiters than the Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetro area, 7 pay less, the largest of them Pittsburgh, PA ($65,260), Lancaster, PA ($66,330) and Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, PA ($65,360).

the Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetro area is #283 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Pennsylvania, Wausau and Bloomington pay just above the Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetro area and Battle Creek and Goldsboro just below. All four are within $60 a year of the median in the Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, two pay more.

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