Recruiter salary in Tulsa, OK

Pay in Tulsa against Oklahoma and the US

Recruiters at the 90th percentile earn $102,750, 2.5 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.7. The middle half of recruiters in Tulsa earns $49,170–$81,060. The mean ($68,570) is 8% 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 $31,890 wide, against $32,720 across Oklahoma and $40,770 nationally: employers in Tulsa pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a recruiter here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $17,570 a year in pay and about $22,671 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $14,320 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 median and the 75th percentile in Tulsa, and the Oklahoma statewide median of $61,630 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Tulsa

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 $18,433 to the $63,490 median and brings it to $81,923 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 Tulsa

Of the 17 roles we track in Tulsa, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($81,320) and marketing specialists ($63,130). Project Coordinator is the highest at $93,240.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #13 of the 17 roles we track in Tulsa (-16.4%), between medical administrative assistants (-15.1%) and paralegals (-19.3%). The typical role here is at -11.6%, so, measured against the US, recruiters cost less in Tulsa than the area's general pay level would suggest. Recruiters hold 5.3% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Tulsa, 5.4% across Oklahoma and 5.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Oklahoma

Across the 8 areas of Oklahoma with data for this job, the median runs from $55,550 in the Southeast Oklahoma nonmetro area to $63,490 in Tulsa, a gap of $7,940 a year. The one area in Oklahoma with more recruiters, Oklahoma City, OK ($63,170), pays less: a bigger pool at a lower median.

Tulsa against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Tulsa is #57 of 521 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, with pay near the middle of the US range. Outside Oklahoma, Morgantown and Lima pay just above Tulsa and Coeur d'Alene and Flagstaff just below. All four are within $60 a year of the median in Tulsa. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, all three pay more.

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