Recruiter salary in the Northwest Iowa nonmetro area

Pay in the Northwest Iowa nonmetro area against Iowa and the US

The middle half of recruiters in the Northwest Iowa nonmetro area earns $49,880–$81,440. The top tenth earns $117,050 or more, 2.8 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.7 times. The mean ($71,180) is 13% 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 $31,560 wide, against $31,880 across Iowa and $40,770 nationally: employers in the Northwest Iowa nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a recruiter here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $13,370 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $18,190, or about $23,471 once benefits are added. 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 Northwest Iowa nonmetro area, and the Iowa statewide median of $66,710 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Northwest Iowa 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 $18,363 to the $63,250 median and brings it to $81,613 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 Northwest Iowa nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Northwest Iowa nonmetro area, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($76,540) and office managers ($62,540). Project Coordinator is the highest at $81,210.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #12 of the 17 roles we track in the Northwest Iowa nonmetro area (-16.7%), between administrative assistants (-16.3%) and project coordinators (-20.6%). The typical role here is at -10.0%, so, measured against the US, recruiters cost less in the Northwest Iowa nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Recruiters hold 6.0% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Northwest Iowa nonmetro area, 5.8% across Iowa and 5.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Iowa

Across the 12 areas of Iowa with data for this job, the median runs from $61,900 in Waterloo-Cedar Falls to $79,670 in Davenport-Moline, a gap of $17,770 a year. Of the 4 areas in Iowa with more recruiters than the Northwest Iowa nonmetro area, 1 pays less: Cedar Rapids, IA ($63,070).

the Northwest Iowa nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northwest Iowa nonmetro area is #207 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Iowa, Janesville-Beloit and Lincoln pay just above the Northwest Iowa nonmetro area and Tuscaloosa and Bay City just below. All four are within $50 a year of the median in the Northwest Iowa nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, two pay more.

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