Recruiter salary in Sioux Falls, SD-MN

Pay in Sioux Falls against South Dakota and the US

The middle half of recruiters in Sioux Falls earns $54,400–$91,460. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $104,560, only 2.0 times the bottom tenth, against 2.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($74,770) 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 $37,060 wide, between the figure for South Dakota ($33,190) 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 $23,230 over the median, the 25th only $13,830 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $29,974 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 Falls, and the South Dakota statewide median of $67,590 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Sioux Falls

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 $19,809 to the $68,230 median and brings it to $88,039 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 Falls

Of the 16 roles we track in Sioux Falls, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($80,920) and office managers ($67,320). Project Coordinator is the highest at $84,190.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #10 of the 16 roles we track in Sioux Falls (-10.2%), between HR assistants (-7.5%) and sales development representatives (-10.4%). The typical role here is at -7.5%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Recruiters hold 3.8% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Sioux Falls, 3.1% across South Dakota and 5.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in South Dakota

Across the 4 areas of South Dakota with data for this job, the median runs from $62,590 in the West South Dakota nonmetro area to $74,980 in Rapid City, a gap of $12,390 a year. No other area in South Dakota has as many recruiters, and 2 of the other 3 pay less.

Sioux Falls against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Sioux Falls is #180 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside South Dakota, Naples-Marco Island and Winston-Salem pay just above Sioux Falls and Glens Falls and Ocala just below. All four are within $310 a year of the median in Sioux Falls. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, none pays as much.

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