Recruiter salary in the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area

Pay in the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area against Kentucky and the US

The middle half of recruiters in the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area earns $47,110–$78,560. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $92,920, only 2.4 times the bottom tenth, against 2.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($63,170) 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 only $31,450 wide, against $32,310 across Kentucky and $40,770 nationally: employers in the South Central Kentucky 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 $20,840 over the median, the 25th only $10,610 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $26,890 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 the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area, and the Kentucky statewide median of $69,010 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area

At the $57,720 median, a local hire costs about $74,477 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $16,757 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 the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between executive assistants ($63,070) and marketing specialists ($56,380). Project Coordinator is the highest at $73,850.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #13 of the 17 roles we track in the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area (-24.0%), between office managers (-23.7%) and paralegals (-25.9%). The typical role here is at -20.1%, so, measured against the US, recruiters cost less in the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Recruiters hold 4.4% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area, 5.5% across Kentucky and 5.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Kentucky

Across the 10 areas of Kentucky with data for this job, the median runs from $54,180 in the East Kentucky nonmetro area to $78,850 in Elizabethtown, a gap of $24,670 a year. All 4 areas in Kentucky with more recruiters than the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area also pay more, among them Louisville, KY-IN ($71,880) and Lexington-Fayette, KY ($69,990).

the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area is #174 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 Kentucky, St. George and Lewiston-Auburn pay just above the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area and Little Rock-North Little Rock and Gainesville just below. All four are within $520 a year of the median in the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, all three pay more.

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