Recruiter salary in the Southern Indiana nonmetro area

Pay in the Southern Indiana nonmetro area against Indiana and the US

Recruiters at the 90th percentile earn $102,870, 2.5 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.7. The middle half of recruiters in the Southern Indiana nonmetro area earns $49,800–$80,470. The mean ($68,630) is 9% 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 $30,670 wide, against $32,290 across Indiana and $40,770 nationally: employers in the Southern Indiana 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 $17,790 a year in pay and about $22,955 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $12,880 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 median and the 75th percentile in the Southern Indiana nonmetro area, and the Indiana statewide median of $65,600 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Southern Indiana 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 $18,197 to the $62,680 median and brings it to $80,877 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 Southern Indiana nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Southern Indiana nonmetro area, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between office managers ($64,350) and sales development representatives ($60,720). Project Coordinator is the highest at $80,990.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #12 of the 17 roles we track in the Southern Indiana nonmetro area (-17.5%), between e-commerce order specialists (-15.6%) and administrative assistants (-19.9%). The typical role here is at -14.5%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Recruiters hold 6.5% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Southern Indiana nonmetro area, 6.4% across Indiana and 5.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Indiana

Across the 15 areas of Indiana with data for this job, the median runs from $60,990 in Muncie to $67,690 in Michigan City-La Porte, a gap of $6,700 a year. Of the 3 areas in Indiana with more recruiters than the Southern Indiana nonmetro area, 1 pays less: the Northern Indiana nonmetro area ($62,530).

the Southern Indiana nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southern Indiana nonmetro area is #155 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Indiana, Savannah and Panama City-Panama City Beach pay just above the Southern Indiana nonmetro area and Port St. Lucie and Gettysburg just below. All four are within $80 a year of the median in the Southern Indiana nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, two pay more.

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