Recruiter salary in the Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area

Pay in the Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area against Pennsylvania and the US

The middle half of recruiters in the Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area earns $52,030–$78,850. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $100,420, only 2.3 times the bottom tenth, against 2.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($68,710) is 8% 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 $26,820 wide, against $34,870 across Pennsylvania and $40,770 nationally: employers in the Northwestern Pennsylvania 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 $15,240 a year in pay and about $19,665 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $11,580 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 Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area, and the Pennsylvania statewide median of $70,450 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Northwestern Pennsylvania 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 $18,467 to the $63,610 median and brings it to $82,077 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 Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($67,390) and office managers ($59,140). Project Coordinator is the highest at $84,080.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #10 of the 17 roles we track in the Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area (-16.2%), between office managers (-14.9%) and paralegals (-16.9%). The typical role here is at -14.9%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Recruiters hold 5.6% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area, 6.5% across Pennsylvania and 5.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Pennsylvania

Across the 20 areas of Pennsylvania with data for this job, the median runs from $59,120 in Johnstown to $76,700 in Philadelphia-Camden, a gap of $17,580 a year. Of the 9 areas in Pennsylvania with more recruiters than the Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area, 1 pays less: the Central Pennsylvania nonmetro area ($62,990).

the Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area is #201 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Pennsylvania, Appleton and South Bend-Mishawaka pay just above the Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area and Evansville and Lima just below. All four are within $100 a year of the median in the Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, two pay more.

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