Recruiter salary in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetro area

Pay in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetro area against Michigan and the US

The middle half of recruiters in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetro area earns $51,930–$83,990. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $102,430, only 2.3 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 $32,060 wide, against $33,710 across Michigan and $40,770 nationally: employers in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a recruiter here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $14,730 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $17,330, or about $22,361 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 Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetro area, and the Michigan statewide median of $69,520 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetro area

At the $66,660 median, a local hire costs about $86,013 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $19,353 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 Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetro area, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($70,140) and sales development representatives ($60,160). Project Coordinator is the highest at $88,520.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #8 of the 17 roles we track in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetro area (-12.2%), between payroll specialists (-11.5%) and project coordinators (-13.5%). The typical role here is at -13.5%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Recruiters hold 5.4% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetro area, 6.3% across Michigan and 5.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Michigan

Across the 19 areas of Michigan with data for this job, the median runs from $60,280 in the Northern Michigan nonmetro area to $77,770 in Ann Arbor, a gap of $17,490 a year. Of the 8 areas in Michigan with more recruiters than the Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetro area, 5 pay less, the largest of them Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI ($65,760), Kalamazoo-Portage, MI ($64,560) and Flint, MI ($64,260).

the Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetro area is #275 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Michigan, Grand Junction and Goldsboro pay just above the Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetro area and Lancaster and Pensacola-Ferry Pass just below. All four are within $400 a year of the median in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, all three pay more.

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