Recruiter salary in the Northwest Oklahoma nonmetro area

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

The middle half of recruiters in the Northwest Oklahoma nonmetro area earns $45,810–$79,250. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $90,080, only 2.4 times the bottom tenth, against 2.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($62,420) 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 $33,440 wide, between the figure for Oklahoma ($32,720) and the US figure ($40,770).

What to budget for a recruiter here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $22,070 over the median, the 25th only $11,370 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $28,477 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 Northwest Oklahoma nonmetro area, and the Oklahoma statewide median of $61,630 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Northwest Oklahoma 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 $16,601 to the $57,180 median and brings it to $73,781 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 Oklahoma nonmetro area

Of the 15 roles we track in the Northwest Oklahoma nonmetro area, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($71,520) and office managers ($56,940). Project Coordinator is the highest at $90,590.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #12 of the 15 roles we track in the Northwest Oklahoma nonmetro area (-24.7%), between payroll specialists (-21.5%) and marketing specialists (-28.6%). The typical role here is at -19.9%, so, measured against the US, recruiters cost less in the Northwest Oklahoma nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Recruiters hold 5.5% of the jobs in these 15 roles in the Northwest Oklahoma nonmetro area, 5.4% across Oklahoma and 5.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Oklahoma

Across the 8 areas of Oklahoma with data for this job, the median runs from $55,550 in the Southeast Oklahoma nonmetro area to $63,490 in Tulsa, a gap of $7,940 a year. Of the 4 areas in Oklahoma with more recruiters than the Northwest Oklahoma nonmetro area, 1 pays less: the Southeast Oklahoma nonmetro area ($55,550).

the Northwest Oklahoma nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northwest Oklahoma nonmetro area is #277 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 Oklahoma, Tallahassee and Athens-Clarke County pay just above the Northwest Oklahoma nonmetro area and Las Cruces and Casper just below. All four are within $1,090 a year of the median in the Northwest Oklahoma nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, all three pay more.

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