Recruiter salary in the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area

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

Recruiters at the 90th percentile earn $107,760, 2.6 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.7. The middle half of recruiters in the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area earns $49,960–$86,970. The mean ($71,370) is 12% 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 $37,010 wide, against $46,900 across Virginia and $40,770 nationally: employers in the Southwest Virginia 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 $23,170 over the median, the 25th only $13,840 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $29,897 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 median and the 75th percentile in the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area, and the Virginia statewide median of $82,090 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Southwest Virginia 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 $18,523 to the $63,800 median and brings it to $82,323 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 Virginia nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($77,320) and executive assistants ($63,160). Project Coordinator is the highest at $87,870.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #11 of the 17 roles we track in the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area (-16.0%), between office managers (-15.3%) and customer support specialists (-16.5%). The typical role here is at -14.8%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Recruiters hold 5.2% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area, 6.7% across Virginia and 5.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Virginia

Across the 13 areas of Virginia with data for this job, the median runs from $62,310 in Harrisonburg to $82,430 in Charlottesville, a gap of $20,120 a year. All 4 areas in Virginia with more recruiters than the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area also pay more, among them Richmond, VA ($79,340) and Virginia Beach-Chesapeake, VA-NC ($76,240).

the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area is #270 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Virginia, Idaho Falls and Bangor pay just above the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area and Kankakee and Decatur just below. All four are within $100 a year of the median in the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, one pays more.

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