Recruiter salary in the South Central Tennessee nonmetro area

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

The middle half of recruiters in the South Central Tennessee nonmetro area earns $55,260–$87,790. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $107,100, only 2.4 times the bottom tenth, against 2.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $32,530 wide, between the figure for Tennessee ($31,310) and the US figure ($40,770).

What to budget for a recruiter here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $15,200 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $17,330, or about $22,361 once benefits are added. 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 Tennessee nonmetro area, and the Tennessee statewide median of $67,370 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

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

At the $70,460 median, a local hire costs about $90,916 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $20,456 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 Tennessee nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the South Central Tennessee nonmetro area, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($75,550) and executive assistants ($64,060). Project Coordinator is the highest at $81,590.

Measured against the US median, this job is the best paid of the 17 roles we track in the South Central Tennessee nonmetro area (-7.2%); sales development representatives come last (-32.6%). The typical role here is at -14.3%, so, measured against the US, recruiters cost more in the South Central Tennessee nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Recruiters hold 5.4% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the South Central Tennessee nonmetro area, 5.9% across Tennessee and 5.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Tennessee

Across the 14 areas of Tennessee with data for this job, the median runs from $59,820 in Morristown to $70,460 in the South Central Tennessee nonmetro area, a gap of $10,640 a year. All 8 areas in Tennessee with more recruiters than the South Central Tennessee nonmetro area pay less, among them Nashville-Murfreesboro, TN ($67,380) and Memphis, TN-MS ($69,150).

the South Central Tennessee nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the South Central Tennessee nonmetro area is #259 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Tennessee, Charleston-North Charleston and Dallas-Fort Worth pay just above the South Central Tennessee nonmetro area and Corvallis and Asheville just below. All four are within $250 a year of the median in the South Central Tennessee nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, two pay more.

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