Recruiter salary in Pensacola-Ferry Pass, FL

Pay in Pensacola-Ferry Pass against Florida and the US

The middle half of recruiters in Pensacola-Ferry Pass earns $50,110–$91,210. The top tenth earns $105,580 or more, 2.5 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.7 times. The mean ($72,230) is 9% 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 $41,100 wide, wider than in Florida as a whole ($39,150) and the US ($40,770), so what a recruiter earns in Pensacola-Ferry Pass depends more on the employer.

What to budget for a recruiter here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $24,950 over the median, the 25th only $16,150 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $32,194 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 Pensacola-Ferry Pass, and the Florida statewide median of $66,410 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Pensacola-Ferry Pass

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 $19,237 to the $66,260 median and brings it to $85,497 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 Pensacola-Ferry Pass

Of the 16 roles we track in Pensacola-Ferry Pass, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($76,410) and office managers ($63,690). Project Coordinator is the highest at $98,670.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #11 of the 16 roles we track in Pensacola-Ferry Pass (-12.7%), between HR assistants (-11.2%) and medical administrative assistants (-15.6%). The typical role here is at -9.7%, so, measured against the US, recruiters cost less in Pensacola-Ferry Pass than the area's general pay level would suggest. Recruiters hold 5.5% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Pensacola-Ferry Pass, 5.4% across Florida and 5.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

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 9 areas in Florida with more recruiters than Pensacola-Ferry Pass, 6 pay less, the largest of them Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL ($65,580), Orlando-Kissimmee, FL ($65,430) and Palm Bay-Melbourne, FL ($62,700).

Pensacola-Ferry Pass against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Pensacola-Ferry Pass is #119 of 521 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, with pay near the middle of the US range. Outside Florida, Lancaster and Grand Junction pay just above Pensacola-Ferry Pass and Kokomo and Greenville just below. All four are within $400 a year of the median in Pensacola-Ferry Pass. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, all three pay more.

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