Recruiter salary in the South Georgia nonmetro area

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

The middle half of recruiters in the South Georgia nonmetro area earns $47,890–$79,090. The top tenth earns $110,480 or more, 2.8 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.7 times. The mean ($68,000) is 12% 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 $31,200 wide, against $41,930 across Georgia and $40,770 nationally: employers in the South Georgia nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a recruiter here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $18,120 a year in pay and about $23,381 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $13,080 in pay. 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 Georgia nonmetro area, and the Georgia statewide median of $70,570 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the South Georgia 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 $17,701 to the $60,970 median and brings it to $78,671 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 Georgia nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the South Georgia nonmetro area, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($62,180) and executive assistants ($59,920). Project Coordinator is the highest at $79,640.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #10 of the 17 roles we track in the South Georgia nonmetro area (-19.7%), between customer support specialists (-19.3%) and marketing specialists (-21.1%). The typical role here is at -19.3%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Recruiters hold 5.0% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the South Georgia nonmetro area, 6.3% across Georgia and 5.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Georgia

Across the 18 areas of Georgia with data for this job, the median runs from $55,260 in Valdosta to $77,920 in Warner Robins, a gap of $22,660 a year. All 3 areas in Georgia with more recruiters than the South Georgia nonmetro area also pay more, among them Atlanta-Sandy Springs, GA ($75,410) and Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC ($67,120).

the South Georgia nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the South Georgia nonmetro area is #168 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 Georgia, Muncie and Pocatello pay just above the South Georgia nonmetro area and Erie and Sebastian-Vero Beach just below. All four are within $180 a year of the median in the South Georgia nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, two pay more.

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