Recruiter salary in Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL

Pay in Panama City-Panama City Beach against Florida and the US

The middle half of recruiters in Panama City-Panama City Beach earns $48,310–$84,460. The top tenth earns $104,770 or more, 2.6 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.7 times. The mean ($69,760) is 11% 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 $36,150 wide, against $39,150 across Florida and $40,770 nationally: employers in Panama City-Panama City Beach 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 $21,760 over the median, the 25th only $14,390 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $28,077 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 Panama City-Panama City Beach, and the Florida statewide median of $66,410 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Panama City-Panama City Beach

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 $18,203 to the $62,700 median and brings it to $80,903 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 Panama City-Panama City Beach

Of the 15 roles we track in Panama City-Panama City Beach, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($65,000) and office managers ($60,320). Project Coordinator is the highest at $92,360.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #10 of the 15 roles we track in Panama City-Panama City Beach (-17.4%), between medical administrative assistants (-17.2%) and marketing specialists (-17.5%). The typical role here is at -14.2%, so, measured against the US, recruiters cost less in Panama City-Panama City Beach than the area's general pay level would suggest. Recruiters hold 4.4% of the jobs in these 15 roles in Panama City-Panama City Beach, 5.4% across Florida and 5.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Florida

Across the 24 areas of Florida with data for this job, the median runs from $57,320 in Tallahassee to $76,230 in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach, a gap of $18,910 a year. Of the 17 areas in Florida with more recruiters than Panama City-Panama City Beach, 4 pay less, the largest of them Tallahassee, FL ($57,320), Gainesville, FL ($57,520) and Port St. Lucie, FL ($62,610).

Panama City-Panama City Beach against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Panama City-Panama City Beach is #322 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Florida, Jackson and Great Falls pay just above Panama City-Panama City Beach and Savannah and Gettysburg just below. All four are within $100 a year of the median in Panama City-Panama City Beach. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, one pays more.

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