Recruiter salary in the Northern West Virginia nonmetro area

Pay in the Northern West Virginia nonmetro area against West Virginia and the US

The middle half of recruiters in the Northern West Virginia nonmetro area earns $49,980–$78,730. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $103,790, only 2.3 times the bottom tenth, against 2.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($68,170) 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 only $28,750 wide, against $38,900 across West Virginia and $40,770 nationally: employers in the Northern West Virginia nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a recruiter here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $16,440 a year in pay and about $21,213 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $12,310 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 median and the 75th percentile in the Northern West Virginia nonmetro area, and the West Virginia statewide median of $66,860 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Northern West Virginia nonmetro area

At the $62,290 median, a local hire costs about $80,374 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,084 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 West Virginia nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Northern West Virginia nonmetro area, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($71,160) and payroll specialists ($58,100). Project Coordinator is the highest at $97,940.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #9 of the 17 roles we track in the Northern West Virginia nonmetro area (-18.0%), between HR assistants (-17.2%) and bookkeepers (-18.3%). The typical role here is at -18.0%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Recruiters hold 4.6% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Northern West Virginia nonmetro area, 5.3% across West Virginia and 5.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in West Virginia

Across the 9 areas of West Virginia with data for this job, the median runs from $59,810 in Huntington-Ashland to $94,520 in Parkersburg-Vienna, a gap of $34,710 a year. All 2 areas in West Virginia with more recruiters than the Northern West Virginia nonmetro area pay less, among them Charleston, WV ($61,500) and Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY ($59,810).

the Northern West Virginia nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northern West Virginia nonmetro area is #260 of 521 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside West Virginia, Wichita Falls and Harrisonburg pay just above the Northern West Virginia nonmetro area and Alexandria and Amarillo just below. All four are within $110 a year of the median in the Northern West Virginia nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, two pay more.

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