Recruiter salary in Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI

Pay in Racine-Mount Pleasant against Wisconsin and the US

The middle half of recruiters in Racine-Mount Pleasant earns $56,600–$86,920. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $105,970, only 2.3 times the bottom tenth, against 2.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($73,870) is 10% 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 $30,320 wide, between the figure for Wisconsin ($27,560) and the US figure ($40,770).

What to budget for a recruiter here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $19,720 over the median, the 25th only $10,600 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $25,445 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 Racine-Mount Pleasant, and the Wisconsin statewide median of $70,540 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Racine-Mount Pleasant

At the $67,200 median, a local hire costs about $86,710 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $19,510 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 Racine-Mount Pleasant

Of the 16 roles we track in Racine-Mount Pleasant, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($70,660) and executive assistants ($65,410). Project Coordinator is the highest at $96,460.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #14 of the 16 roles we track in Racine-Mount Pleasant (-11.5%), between marketing specialists (-10.3%) and executive assistants (-14.6%). The typical role here is at -4.5%, so, measured against the US, recruiters cost less in Racine-Mount Pleasant than the area's general pay level would suggest. Recruiters hold 6.4% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Racine-Mount Pleasant, 6.2% across Wisconsin and 5.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Wisconsin

Across the 17 areas of Wisconsin with data for this job, the median runs from $63,270 in Janesville-Beloit to $76,660 in Madison, a gap of $13,390 a year. Of the 10 areas in Wisconsin with more recruiters than Racine-Mount Pleasant, 5 pay less, the largest of them the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area ($65,570), the Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetro area ($63,800) and Appleton, WI ($63,650).

Racine-Mount Pleasant against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Racine-Mount Pleasant is #300 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Wisconsin, Indianapolis-Carmel and Champaign-Urbana pay just above Racine-Mount Pleasant and Toledo and Augusta-Richmond County just below. All four are within $160 a year of the median in Racine-Mount Pleasant. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, one pays more.

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