Recruiter salary in the South Illinois nonmetro area

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

The middle half of recruiters in the South Illinois nonmetro area earns $52,370–$81,590. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $104,170, only 2.4 times the bottom tenth, against 2.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($70,060) 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 $29,220 wide, against $37,830 across Illinois and $40,770 nationally: employers in the South Illinois 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 $18,210 over the median, the 25th only $11,010 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $23,497 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 Illinois nonmetro area, and the Illinois statewide median of $76,820 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the South Illinois 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 $18,401 to the $63,380 median and brings it to $81,781 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 Illinois nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the South Illinois nonmetro area, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($69,730) and marketing specialists ($60,550). Project Coordinator is the highest at $91,680.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #8 of the 16 roles we track in the South Illinois nonmetro area (-16.5%), between customer support specialists (-12.3%) and accountants (-16.7%). The typical role here is at -16.6%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Recruiters hold 4.1% of the jobs in the 15 of these roles with a job count in the South Illinois nonmetro area, 5.9% across Illinois and 5.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Illinois

Across the 12 areas of Illinois with data for this job, the median runs from $63,380 in the South Illinois nonmetro area to $78,840 in Springfield, a gap of $15,460 a year. All 8 areas in Illinois with more recruiters than the South Illinois nonmetro area also pay more, among them Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN ($78,210) and Springfield, IL ($78,840).

the South Illinois nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the South Illinois nonmetro area is #282 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Illinois, Jackson and Flagstaff pay just above the South Illinois nonmetro area and Columbia and Gainesville just below. All four are within $50 a year of the median in the South Illinois nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, all three pay more.

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