Recruiter salary in the Southeast Oklahoma nonmetro area

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

The middle half of recruiters in the Southeast Oklahoma nonmetro area earns $45,560–$71,520. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $89,670, only 2.4 times the bottom tenth, against 2.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($61,390) 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 $25,960 wide, against $32,720 across Oklahoma and $40,770 nationally: employers in the Southeast Oklahoma 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 $15,970 over the median, the 25th only $9,990 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $20,606 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 75th and 90th percentiles in the Southeast Oklahoma nonmetro area, and the Oklahoma statewide median of $61,630 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 Oklahoma 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 $16,127 to the $55,550 median and brings it to $71,677 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 Oklahoma nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Southeast Oklahoma nonmetro area, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between sales development representatives ($61,230) and office managers ($54,950). Project Coordinator is the highest at $74,390.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #14 of the 17 roles we track in the Southeast Oklahoma nonmetro area (-26.9%), between HR assistants (-23.6%) and project coordinators (-27.3%). The typical role here is at -20.4%, so, measured against the US, recruiters cost less in the Southeast Oklahoma nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Recruiters hold 5.4% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Southeast Oklahoma nonmetro area, 5.4% across Oklahoma and 5.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Oklahoma

Across the 8 areas of Oklahoma with data for this job, the median runs from $55,550 in the Southeast Oklahoma nonmetro area to $63,490 in Tulsa, a gap of $7,940 a year. All 2 areas in Oklahoma with more recruiters than the Southeast Oklahoma nonmetro area also pay more, among them Oklahoma City, OK ($63,170) and Tulsa, OK ($63,490).

the Southeast Oklahoma nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southeast Oklahoma nonmetro area is #147 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 Oklahoma, Brownsville-Harlingen and Gadsden pay just above the Southeast Oklahoma nonmetro area and Dalton and Valdosta just below. All four are within $290 a year of the median in the Southeast Oklahoma nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, all three pay more.

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