Recruiter salary in the South Nebraska nonmetro area

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

The middle half of recruiters in the South Nebraska nonmetro area earns $49,450–$73,320. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $95,010, only 2.1 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 only $23,870 wide, against $30,580 across Nebraska and $40,770 nationally: employers in the South Nebraska 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 $11,740 a year in pay and about $15,148 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $12,130 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 75th and 90th percentiles in the South Nebraska nonmetro area, and the Nebraska statewide median of $61,930 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local recruiters earn.

What a hire really costs in the South Nebraska nonmetro area

At the $61,580 median, a local hire costs about $79,458 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $17,878 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 Nebraska nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the South Nebraska nonmetro area, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($64,020) and office managers ($58,520). Project Coordinator is the highest at $79,700.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #11 of the 17 roles we track in the South Nebraska nonmetro area (-18.9%), between office managers (-15.8%) and project coordinators (-22.1%). The typical role here is at -14.8%, so, measured against the US, recruiters cost less in the South Nebraska 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 Nebraska nonmetro area, 7.2% across Nebraska and 5.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Nebraska

Across the 6 areas of Nebraska with data for this job, the median runs from $61,560 in the Northwest Nebraska nonmetro area to $63,280 in Lincoln, a gap of $1,720 a year. All 2 areas in Nebraska with more recruiters than the South Nebraska nonmetro area also pay more, among them Omaha, NE-IA ($61,840) and Lincoln, NE ($63,280).

the South Nebraska nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the South Nebraska nonmetro area is #188 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 Nebraska, San Angelo and Rocky Mount pay just above the South Nebraska nonmetro area and Myrtle Beach-Conway and Homosassa Springs just below. All four are within $80 a year of the median in the South Nebraska nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, all three pay more.

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