Recruiter salary in the Southwest Minnesota nonmetro area

Pay in the Southwest Minnesota nonmetro area against Minnesota and the US

The middle half of recruiters in the Southwest Minnesota nonmetro area earns $59,870–$89,240. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $107,010, only 2.1 times the bottom tenth, against 2.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $29,370 wide, against $39,070 across Minnesota and $40,770 nationally: employers in the Southwest Minnesota nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a recruiter here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $13,760 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $15,610, or about $20,142 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 Southwest Minnesota nonmetro area, and the Minnesota statewide median of $78,760 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Southwest Minnesota 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 $21,376 to the $73,630 median and brings it to $95,006 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 Southwest Minnesota nonmetro area

Of the 15 roles we track in the Southwest Minnesota nonmetro area, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($76,840) and executive assistants ($71,340). Project Coordinator is the highest at $80,840.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #10 of the 15 roles we track in the Southwest Minnesota nonmetro area (-3.0%), between office managers (-2.6%) and executive assistants (-6.9%). The typical role here is at -0.9%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Recruiters hold 5.1% of the jobs in these 15 roles in the Southwest Minnesota nonmetro area, 5.9% across Minnesota and 5.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Minnesota

Across the 9 areas of Minnesota with data for this job, the median runs from $67,040 in Duluth to $83,810 in Rochester, a gap of $16,770 a year. Of the 6 areas in Minnesota with more recruiters than the Southwest Minnesota nonmetro area, 2 pay less: the Northwest Minnesota nonmetro area ($72,750) and Duluth, MN-WI ($67,040).

the Southwest Minnesota nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southwest Minnesota nonmetro area is #296 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Minnesota, Albany and Chico pay just above the Southwest Minnesota nonmetro area and Sheboygan and Provo-Orem just below. All four are within $300 a year of the median in the Southwest Minnesota nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, one pays more.

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