Recruiter salary in the Sussex Delaware nonmetro area

Pay in the Sussex Delaware nonmetro area against Delaware and the US

The middle half of recruiters in the Sussex Delaware nonmetro area earns $60,810–$93,730. The top tenth earns $145,970 or more, 3.0 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.7 times. The mean ($83,940) is 10% 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 $32,920 wide, against $39,140 across Delaware and $40,770 nationally: employers in the Sussex Delaware nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a recruiter here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $17,520 a year in pay and about $22,606 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $15,400 in pay. 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 25th percentile and the median in the Sussex Delaware nonmetro area, and the Delaware statewide median of $77,700 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in the Sussex Delaware 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 $22,125 to the $76,210 median and brings it to $98,335 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 Sussex Delaware nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the Sussex Delaware nonmetro area, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between sales development representatives ($82,790) and executive assistants ($66,230). Project Coordinator is the highest at $101,040.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #4 of the 16 roles we track in the Sussex Delaware nonmetro area (+0.4%), between customer support specialists (+1.8%) and project coordinators (-1.3%). The typical role here is at -4.3%, so, measured against the US, recruiters cost more in the Sussex Delaware nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Recruiters hold 4.3% of the jobs in the 15 of these roles with a job count in the Sussex Delaware nonmetro area, 5.5% across Delaware and 6.2% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Delaware

Across the 2 areas of Delaware with data for this job, the median runs from $66,920 in Dover to $76,210 in the Sussex Delaware nonmetro area, a gap of $9,290 a year. The one area in Delaware with more recruiters, Dover, DE ($66,920), pays less: a bigger pool at a lower median.

the Sussex Delaware nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Sussex Delaware nonmetro area is #336 of 521 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside Delaware, Crestview-Fort Walton Beach and Virginia Beach-Chesapeake pay just above the Sussex Delaware nonmetro area and Bend and Greeley just below. All four are within $30 a year of the median in the Sussex Delaware nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, one pays more.

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