Recruiter salary in the Southeast Alabama nonmetro area

Pay in the Southeast Alabama nonmetro area against Alabama and the US

Recruiters at the 90th percentile earn $115,210, 2.9 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.7. The middle half of recruiters in the Southeast Alabama nonmetro area earns $50,800–$85,460. The mean ($71,650) is 13% 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 $34,660 wide, between the figure for Alabama ($34,100) and the US figure ($40,770).

What to budget for a recruiter here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $21,780 over the median, the 25th only $12,880 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $28,103 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 Southeast Alabama nonmetro area, and the Alabama statewide median of $64,940 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Southeast Alabama 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 $18,488 to the $63,680 median and brings it to $82,168 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 Southeast Alabama nonmetro area

Of the 15 roles we track in the Southeast Alabama nonmetro area, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between accountants ($65,990) and sales development representatives ($57,800). Project Coordinator is the highest at $90,300.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #4 of the 15 roles we track in the Southeast Alabama nonmetro area (-16.1%), between HR assistants (-15.0%) and customer support specialists (-16.6%). The typical role here is at -21.0%, so, measured against the US, recruiters cost more in the Southeast Alabama nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Recruiters hold 5.8% of the jobs in these 15 roles in the Southeast Alabama nonmetro area, 5.1% across Alabama and 5.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Alabama

Across the 16 areas of Alabama with data for this job, the median runs from $55,720 in Gadsden to $78,780 in Huntsville, a gap of $23,060 a year. Of the 6 areas in Alabama with more recruiters than the Southeast Alabama nonmetro area, 2 pay less: the Northeast Alabama nonmetro area ($59,190) and Tuscaloosa, AL ($63,220).

the Southeast Alabama nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southeast Alabama nonmetro area is #303 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Alabama, South Bend-Mishawaka and Decatur pay just above the Southeast Alabama nonmetro area and Appleton and Evansville just below. All four are within $160 a year of the median in the Southeast Alabama nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, one pays more.

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