Recruiter salary in the Southwest New York nonmetro area

Pay in the Southwest New York nonmetro area against New York and the US

The middle half of recruiters in the Southwest New York nonmetro area earns $58,880–$93,480. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $116,290, only 2.4 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 $34,600 wide, against $53,120 across New York and $40,770 nationally: employers in the Southwest New York nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a recruiter here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $15,030 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $19,570, or about $25,252 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 New York nonmetro area, and the New York statewide median of $84,380 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Southwest New York nonmetro area

At the $73,910 median, a local hire costs about $95,368 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $21,458 here. 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 New York nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Southwest New York nonmetro area, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($78,450) and executive assistants ($71,230). Project Coordinator is the highest at $106,970.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #5 of the 17 roles we track in the Southwest New York nonmetro area (-2.7%), between payroll specialists (-2.4%) and bookkeepers (-2.7%). The typical role here is at -6.2%, so, measured against the US, recruiters cost more in the Southwest New York nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Recruiters hold 4.6% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Southwest New York nonmetro area, 5.0% across New York and 5.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in New York

Across the 16 areas of New York with data for this job, the median runs from $68,170 in Glens Falls to $89,780 in New York-Newark, a gap of $21,610 a year. All 6 areas in New York with more recruiters than the Southwest New York nonmetro area also pay more, among them New York-Newark, NY-NJ ($89,780) and Albany-Schenectady, NY ($77,000).

the Southwest New York nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southwest New York nonmetro area is #184 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside New York, Chico and Peoria pay just above the Southwest New York nonmetro area and Albany and Sheboygan just below. All four are within $500 a year of the median in the Southwest New York nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, none pays as much.

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