Recruiter salary in Parkersburg-Vienna, WV

Pay in Parkersburg-Vienna against West Virginia and the US

The middle half of recruiters in Parkersburg-Vienna earns $69,240–$112,400. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $126,440, only 2.4 times the bottom tenth, against 2.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($93,040) is no higher than the median, so few high earners skew the figures here. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $43,160 wide, wider than in West Virginia as a whole ($38,900) and the US ($40,770), so what a recruiter earns in Parkersburg-Vienna depends more on the employer.

What to budget for a recruiter here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $17,880 a year in pay and about $23,071 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $25,280 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 25th percentile and the median in Parkersburg-Vienna, and the West Virginia statewide median of $66,860 falls between the 10th and 25th percentiles.

What a hire really costs in Parkersburg-Vienna

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 $27,441 to the $94,520 median and brings it to $121,961 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 Parkersburg-Vienna

Of the 13 roles we track in Parkersburg-Vienna, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between project coordinators ($98,470) and paralegals ($76,400). Accountant is the highest at $100,420.

Measured against the US median, this job is the best paid of the 13 roles we track in Parkersburg-Vienna (+24.5%); marketing specialists come last (-41.6%). The typical role here is at -16.1%, so, measured against the US, recruiters cost more in Parkersburg-Vienna than the area's general pay level would suggest. Recruiters hold 13.0% of the jobs in these 13 roles in Parkersburg-Vienna, 5.5% across West Virginia and 6.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in West Virginia

Across the 9 areas of West Virginia with data for this job, the median runs from $59,810 in Huntington-Ashland to $94,520 in Parkersburg-Vienna, a gap of $34,710 a year. All 3 areas in West Virginia with more recruiters than Parkersburg-Vienna pay less, among them Charleston, WV ($61,500) and Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY ($59,810).

Parkersburg-Vienna against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Parkersburg-Vienna is #280 of 521 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside West Virginia, Lexington Park and Washington-Arlington pay just above Parkersburg-Vienna and Seattle-Tacoma and Bremerton-Silverdale just below. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, none pays as much.

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