Recruiter salary in the Southeast Missouri nonmetro area

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

Recruiters at the 90th percentile earn $100,140, 2.6 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.7. The middle half of recruiters in the Southeast Missouri nonmetro area earns $46,420–$75,000. The mean ($64,940) is 8% 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 $28,580 wide, against $38,150 across Missouri and $40,770 nationally: employers in the Southeast Missouri 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 $14,960 a year in pay and about $19,303 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $13,620 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 Southeast Missouri nonmetro area, and the Missouri statewide median of $66,990 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 Southeast Missouri 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 $17,431 to the $60,040 median and brings it to $77,471 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 Missouri nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the Southeast Missouri nonmetro area, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($64,090) and marketing specialists ($55,370). Project Coordinator is the highest at $79,430.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #8 of the 16 roles we track in the Southeast Missouri nonmetro area (-20.9%), between medical administrative assistants (-19.9%) and administrative assistants (-21.8%). The typical role here is at -21.4%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Recruiters hold 5.6% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the Southeast Missouri nonmetro area, 6.4% across Missouri and 5.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Missouri

Across the 12 areas of Missouri with data for this job, the median runs from $56,140 in the Southwest Missouri nonmetro area to $75,190 in Kansas City, a gap of $19,050 a year. All 5 areas in Missouri with more recruiters than the Southeast Missouri nonmetro area also pay more, among them St. Louis, MO-IL ($71,670) and Kansas City, MO-KS ($75,190).

the Southeast Missouri nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southeast Missouri nonmetro area is #209 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 Missouri, Lubbock and Abilene pay just above the Southeast Missouri nonmetro area and Corpus Christi and Lawton just below. All four are within $360 a year of the median in the Southeast Missouri nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, two pay more.

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