Recruiter salary in the Southern Michigan nonmetro area

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

The middle half of recruiters in the Southern Michigan nonmetro area earns $54,290–$83,760. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $104,900, only 2.3 times the bottom tenth, against 2.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($72,280) 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 $29,470 wide, against $33,710 across Michigan and $40,770 nationally: employers in the Southern Michigan nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a recruiter here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $12,130 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $17,340, or about $22,374 once benefits are added. 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 Michigan nonmetro area, and the Michigan statewide median of $69,520 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Southern Michigan 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 $19,283 to the $66,420 median and brings it to $85,703 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 Michigan nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Southern Michigan nonmetro area, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between sales development representatives ($71,580) and office managers ($61,370). Project Coordinator is the highest at $96,590.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #12 of the 17 roles we track in the Southern Michigan nonmetro area (-12.5%), between office managers (-11.7%) and payroll specialists (-14.6%). The typical role here is at -9.3%, so, measured against the US, recruiters cost less in the Southern Michigan nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Recruiters hold 6.7% of the jobs in the 16 of these roles with a job count in the Southern Michigan nonmetro area, 6.3% across Michigan and 5.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Michigan

Across the 19 areas of Michigan with data for this job, the median runs from $60,280 in the Northern Michigan nonmetro area to $77,770 in Ann Arbor, a gap of $17,490 a year. Of the 6 areas in Michigan with more recruiters than the Southern Michigan nonmetro area, 3 pay less: Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI ($65,760), Kalamazoo-Portage, MI ($64,560) and Flint, MI ($64,260).

the Southern Michigan nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southern Michigan nonmetro area is #208 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Michigan, Grand Junction and Goldsboro pay just above the Southern Michigan nonmetro area and Lancaster and Pensacola-Ferry Pass just below. All four are within $240 a year of the median in the Southern Michigan nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, one pays more.

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