Recruiter salary in Sioux City, IA-NE

Pay in Sioux City against Iowa and the US

The middle half of recruiters in Sioux City earns $51,280–$82,580. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $99,990, only 2.2 times the bottom tenth, against 2.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($69,950) 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 $31,300 wide, against $31,880 across Iowa and $40,770 nationally: employers in Sioux City 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 $19,540 over the median, the 25th only $11,760 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $25,213 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 Sioux City, and the Iowa statewide median of $66,710 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Sioux City

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 $18,302 to the $63,040 median and brings it to $81,342 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 Sioux City

Of the 15 roles we track in Sioux City, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($78,650) and office managers ($61,760). Project Coordinator is the highest at $85,130.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #12 of the 15 roles we track in Sioux City (-17.0%), between project coordinators (-16.8%) and executive assistants (-20.8%). The typical role here is at -8.8%, so, measured against the US, recruiters cost less in Sioux City than the area's general pay level would suggest. Recruiters hold 5.2% of the jobs in these 15 roles in Sioux City, 5.9% across Iowa and 5.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Iowa

Across the 12 areas of Iowa with data for this job, the median runs from $61,900 in Waterloo-Cedar Falls to $79,670 in Davenport-Moline, a gap of $17,770 a year. Of the 10 areas in Iowa with more recruiters than Sioux City, 2 pay less: the Northeast Iowa nonmetro area ($62,850) and Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA ($61,900).

Sioux City against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Sioux City is #379 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Iowa, Springfield and Oklahoma City pay just above Sioux City and Auburn-Opelika and Decatur just below. All four are within $130 a year of the median in Sioux City. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, all three pay more.

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