Recruiter salary in the Northern Indiana nonmetro area

Pay in the Northern Indiana nonmetro area against Indiana and the US

The middle half of recruiters in the Northern Indiana nonmetro area earns $52,420–$78,490. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $96,740, only 2.1 times the bottom tenth, against 2.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($67,720) 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 $26,070 wide, against $32,290 across Indiana and $40,770 nationally: employers in the Northern Indiana 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 $15,960 over the median, the 25th only $10,110 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $20,594 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 Northern Indiana nonmetro area, and the Indiana statewide median of $65,600 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Northern Indiana 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 $18,154 to the $62,530 median and brings it to $80,684 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 Northern Indiana nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Northern Indiana nonmetro area, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($73,570) and office managers ($62,120). Project Coordinator is the highest at $96,740.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #14 of the 17 roles we track in the Northern Indiana nonmetro area (-17.7%), between administrative assistants (-17.4%) and marketing specialists (-23.0%). The typical role here is at -12.1%, so, measured against the US, recruiters cost less in the Northern Indiana nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Recruiters hold 6.2% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Northern Indiana nonmetro area, 6.4% across Indiana and 5.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Indiana

Across the 15 areas of Indiana with data for this job, the median runs from $60,990 in Muncie to $67,690 in Michigan City-La Porte, a gap of $6,700 a year. All 2 areas in Indiana with more recruiters than the Northern Indiana nonmetro area also pay more, among them Indianapolis-Carmel, IN ($67,300) and Fort Wayne, IN ($65,510).

the Northern Indiana nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northern Indiana nonmetro area is #149 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Indiana, Daphne-Fairhope and Gettysburg pay just above the Northern Indiana nonmetro area and Prescott Valley-Prescott and Wheeling just below. All four are within $70 a year of the median in the Northern Indiana nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, two pay more.

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