Recruiter salary in the Northern New Hampshire nonmetro area

Pay in the Northern New Hampshire nonmetro area against New Hampshire and the US

The middle half of recruiters in the Northern New Hampshire nonmetro area earns $53,040–$95,840. The top tenth earns $110,030 or more, 2.5 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.7 times. The mean ($76,000) is 9% 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 $42,800 wide, wider than in New Hampshire as a whole ($36,560) and the US ($40,770), so what a recruiter earns in the Northern New Hampshire nonmetro area depends more on the employer.

What to budget for a recruiter here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $25,850 over the median, the 25th only $16,950 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $33,355 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 New Hampshire nonmetro area, and the New Hampshire statewide median of $70,840 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Northern New Hampshire nonmetro area

At the $69,990 median, a local hire costs about $90,310 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $20,320 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 Northern New Hampshire nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Northern New Hampshire nonmetro area, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($79,700) and executive assistants ($66,050). Project Coordinator is the highest at $87,150.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #12 of the 17 roles we track in the Northern New Hampshire nonmetro area (-7.8%), between office managers (-6.2%) and paralegals (-8.5%). The typical role here is at -5.2%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Recruiters hold 4.7% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Northern New Hampshire nonmetro area, 5.7% across New Hampshire and 5.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in New Hampshire

Across the 4 areas of New Hampshire with data for this job, the median runs from $61,200 in the Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetro area to $74,760 in Manchester-Nashua, a gap of $13,560 a year. Of the 2 areas in New Hampshire with more recruiters than the Northern New Hampshire nonmetro area, 1 pays less: the Central New Hampshire nonmetro area ($66,700).

the Northern New Hampshire nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northern New Hampshire nonmetro area is #324 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside New Hampshire, Sumter and Lexington-Fayette pay just above the Northern New Hampshire nonmetro area and Las Vegas-Henderson and Akron just below. All four are within $90 a year of the median in the Northern New Hampshire nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, none pays as much.

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