Recruiter salary in the South Florida nonmetro area

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

Recruiters at the 90th percentile earn $112,450, 2.9 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.7. The middle half of recruiters in the South Florida nonmetro area earns $48,560–$87,130. The mean ($72,280) 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 $38,570 wide, against $39,150 across Florida and $40,770 nationally: employers in the South Florida nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a recruiter here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $16,400 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $22,170, or about $28,606 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 Florida nonmetro area, and the Florida statewide median of $66,410 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the South Florida nonmetro area

At the $64,960 median, a local hire costs about $83,819 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,859 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 Florida nonmetro area

Of the 15 roles we track in the South Florida nonmetro area, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between executive assistants ($65,120) and marketing specialists ($63,430). Project Coordinator is the highest at $86,170.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #12 of the 15 roles we track in the South Florida nonmetro area (-14.5%), between payroll specialists (-12.7%) and executive assistants (-15.0%). The typical role here is at -11.2%, so, measured against the US, recruiters cost less in the South Florida nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Recruiters hold 4.5% of the jobs in these 15 roles in the South Florida nonmetro area, 5.4% across Florida and 5.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Florida

Across the 24 areas of Florida with data for this job, the median runs from $57,320 in Tallahassee to $76,230 in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach, a gap of $18,910 a year. Of the 18 areas in Florida with more recruiters than the South Florida nonmetro area, 8 pay less, the largest of them Palm Bay-Melbourne, FL ($62,700), Tallahassee, FL ($57,320) and Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL ($62,970).

the South Florida nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the South Florida nonmetro area is #337 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Florida, Slidell-Mandeville and Logan pay just above the South Florida nonmetro area and Eau Claire and Elkhart-Goshen just below. All four are within $100 a year of the median in the South Florida nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, all three pay more.

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