Recruiter salary in the Northwestern South Carolina nonmetro area

Pay in the Northwestern South Carolina nonmetro area against South Carolina and the US

The middle half of recruiters in the Northwestern South Carolina nonmetro area earns $51,580–$88,990. The top tenth earns $121,790 or more, 2.7 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.7 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $37,410 wide, between the figure for South Carolina ($35,610) and the US figure ($40,770).

What to budget for a recruiter here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $18,410 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $19,000, or about $24,516 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 Northwestern South Carolina nonmetro area, and the South Carolina statewide median of $65,370 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in the Northwestern South Carolina nonmetro area

At the $69,990 median, a local hire costs about $90,310 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $20,320 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 Northwestern South Carolina nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the Northwestern South Carolina nonmetro area, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($76,980) and marketing specialists ($68,620). Project Coordinator is the highest at $93,590.

Measured against the US median, this job is the best paid of the 16 roles we track in the Northwestern South Carolina nonmetro area (-7.8%); executive assistants come last (-25.2%). The typical role here is at -13.8%, so, measured against the US, recruiters cost more in the Northwestern South Carolina nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Recruiters hold 5.5% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the Northwestern South Carolina nonmetro area, 5.5% across South Carolina and 5.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in South Carolina

Across the 11 areas of South Carolina with data for this job, the median runs from $61,300 in Florence to $70,580 in Charleston-North Charleston, a gap of $9,280 a year. Of the 6 areas in South Carolina with more recruiters than the Northwestern South Carolina nonmetro area, 5 pay less, the largest of them Greenville-Anderson, SC ($66,870), Columbia, SC ($67,990) and Spartanburg, SC ($67,410).

the Northwestern South Carolina nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northwestern South Carolina nonmetro area is #305 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside South Carolina, Lexington-Fayette and Allentown-Bethlehem pay just above the Northwestern South Carolina nonmetro area and Las Vegas-Henderson and Akron just below. All four are within $90 a year of the median in the Northwestern South Carolina nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, one pays more.

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