Recruiter salary in the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area

Pay in the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area against Texas and the US

The middle half of recruiters in the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area earns $51,220–$89,060. The top tenth earns $113,350 or more, 2.6 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.7 times. The mean ($73,010) is 15% 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 $37,840 wide, against $37,890 across Texas and $40,770 nationally: employers in the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a recruiter here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $25,610 over the median, the 25th only $12,230 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $33,045 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 Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area, and the Texas statewide median of $68,920 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Northwestern Region of Texas 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 $18,421 to the $63,450 median and brings it to $81,871 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 Region of Texas nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between sales development representatives ($68,570) and executive assistants ($62,030). Project Coordinator is the highest at $94,960.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #10 of the 16 roles we track in the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area (-16.4%), between office managers (-15.5%) and customer support specialists (-16.5%). The typical role here is at -15.4%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Recruiters hold 4.4% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area, 5.4% across Texas and 5.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Texas

Across the 32 areas of Texas with data for this job, the median runs from $46,630 in Eagle Pass to $78,650 in Midland, a gap of $32,020 a year. Of the 11 areas in Texas with more recruiters than the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area, 6 pay less, the largest of them El Paso, TX ($58,990), the North Region of Texas nonmetro area ($62,490) and McAllen-Edinburg, TX ($53,600).

the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area is #197 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Texas, Coeur d'Alene and Tulsa pay just above the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area and Flagstaff and Jackson just below. All four are within $40 a year of the median in the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, all three pay more.

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