Recruiter salary in the Northern New Mexico nonmetro area

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

Recruiters at the 90th percentile earn $124,760, 2.7 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.7. The middle half of recruiters in the Northern New Mexico nonmetro area earns $56,870–$102,480. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $45,610 wide, wider than in New Mexico as a whole ($33,340) and the US ($40,770), so what a recruiter earns in the Northern New Mexico nonmetro area depends more on the employer.

What to budget for a recruiter here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $26,310 a year in pay and about $33,948 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $19,300 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 25th percentile and the median in the Northern New Mexico nonmetro area, and the New Mexico statewide median of $68,050 falls there too.

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

At the $76,170 median, a local hire costs about $98,284 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $22,114 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 Mexico nonmetro area

Of the 15 roles we track in the Northern New Mexico nonmetro area, this one ranks #6 by median pay, between executive assistants ($76,340) and office managers ($59,540). Project Coordinator is the highest at $157,300.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #4 of the 15 roles we track in the Northern New Mexico nonmetro area (+0.3%), between accountants (+6.2%) and administrative assistants (+0.0%). The typical role here is at -5.9%, so, measured against the US, recruiters cost more in the Northern New Mexico nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Recruiters hold 5.7% of the jobs in these 15 roles in the Northern New Mexico nonmetro area, 4.3% across New Mexico and 5.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in New Mexico

Across the 6 areas of New Mexico with data for this job, the median runs from $57,150 in Las Cruces to $76,170 in the Northern New Mexico nonmetro area, a gap of $19,020 a year. All 2 areas in New Mexico with more recruiters than the Northern New Mexico nonmetro area pay less, among them Albuquerque, NM ($73,290) and the Eastern New Mexico nonmetro area ($59,660).

the Northern New Mexico nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northern New Mexico nonmetro area is #263 of 521 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside New Mexico, Greeley and Bend pay just above the Northern New Mexico nonmetro area and Binghamton and Barnstable Town just below. All four are within $150 a year of the median in the Northern New Mexico nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, one pays more.

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