Recruiter salary in the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area

Pay in the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area against Pennsylvania and the US

Recruiters at the 90th percentile earn $107,110, 2.5 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.7. The middle half of recruiters in the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area earns $49,140–$80,440. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $31,300 wide, against $34,870 across Pennsylvania and $40,770 nationally: employers in the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a recruiter here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $15,360 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $15,940, or about $20,568 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 Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area, and the Pennsylvania statewide median of $70,450 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area

At the $64,500 median, a local hire costs about $83,226 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,726 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 Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($71,140) and executive assistants ($62,610). Project Coordinator is the highest at $94,870.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #11 of the 17 roles we track in the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area (-15.1%), between accountants (-15.0%) and sales development representatives (-15.6%). The typical role here is at -14.5%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Recruiters hold 4.6% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area, 6.5% across Pennsylvania and 5.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Pennsylvania

Across the 20 areas of Pennsylvania with data for this job, the median runs from $59,120 in Johnstown to $76,700 in Philadelphia-Camden, a gap of $17,580 a year. Of the 11 areas in Pennsylvania with more recruiters than the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area, 3 pay less: the Central Pennsylvania nonmetro area ($62,990), the Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area ($63,610) and Erie, PA ($60,860).

the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area is #258 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Pennsylvania, Paducah and Kalamazoo-Portage pay just above the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area and Traverse City and Wilmington just below. All four are within $60 a year of the median in the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, two pay more.

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