Recruiter salary in the South Arkansas nonmetro area

Pay in the South Arkansas nonmetro area against Arkansas and the US

The middle half of recruiters in the South Arkansas nonmetro area earns $42,650–$69,550. The top tenth earns $94,950 or more, 2.7 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.7 times. The mean ($59,490) is 13% 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 $26,900 wide, against $30,870 across Arkansas and $40,770 nationally: employers in the South Arkansas nonmetro area 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 $16,930 over the median, the 25th only $9,970 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $21,845 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 75th and 90th percentiles in the South Arkansas nonmetro area, and the Arkansas statewide median of $55,010 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local recruiters earn.

What a hire really costs in the South Arkansas nonmetro area

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 $15,277 to the $52,620 median and brings it to $67,897 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 the South Arkansas nonmetro area

Of the 14 roles we track in the South Arkansas nonmetro area, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($61,510) and marketing specialists ($52,110). Project Coordinator is the highest at $72,030.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #11 of the 14 roles we track in the South Arkansas nonmetro area (-30.7%), between project coordinators (-29.6%) and marketing specialists (-33.8%). The typical role here is at -25.9%, so, measured against the US, recruiters cost less in the South Arkansas nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Recruiters hold 5.5% of the jobs in these 14 roles in the South Arkansas nonmetro area, 6.0% across Arkansas and 6.0% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Arkansas

Across the 9 areas of Arkansas with data for this job, the median runs from $51,260 in Hot Springs to $58,830 in Fayetteville-Springdale, a gap of $7,570 a year. All 3 areas in Arkansas with more recruiters than the South Arkansas nonmetro area also pay more, among them Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR ($57,640) and Fayetteville-Springdale, AR ($58,830).

the South Arkansas nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the South Arkansas nonmetro area is #317 of 521 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Arkansas, McAllen-Edinburg and Monroe pay just above the South Arkansas nonmetro area and Laredo and Eagle Pass just below. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, all three pay more.

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