Recruiter salary in the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area

Pay in the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area against South Carolina and the US

The middle half of recruiters in the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area earns $51,810–$80,110. The top tenth earns $103,210 or more, 2.5 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.7 times. The mean ($69,810) is 12% 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 $28,300 wide, against $35,610 across South Carolina and $40,770 nationally: employers in the Northeastern South Carolina 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 $17,710 over the median, the 25th only $10,590 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $22,852 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 South Carolina nonmetro area, and the South Carolina statewide median of $65,370 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area

At the $62,400 median, a local hire costs about $80,516 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,116 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 South Carolina nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($63,150) and office managers ($59,100). Project Coordinator is the highest at $82,840.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #7 of the 16 roles we track in the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area (-17.8%), between office managers (-15.0%) and medical administrative assistants (-18.4%). The typical role here is at -18.7%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Recruiters hold 5.5% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area, 5.5% across South Carolina and 5.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in South Carolina

Across the 11 areas of South Carolina with data for this job, the median runs from $61,300 in Florence to $70,580 in Charleston-North Charleston, a gap of $9,280 a year. Of the 7 areas in South Carolina with more recruiters than the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area, 2 pay less: Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC ($61,570) and Florence, SC ($61,300).

the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area is #339 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside South Carolina, Lake Havasu City-Kingman and Jefferson City pay just above the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area and Pinehurst-Southern Pines and Springfield just below. All four are within $20 a year of the median in the Northeastern South Carolina nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, all three pay more.

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