Recruiter salary in Waco, TX

Pay in Waco against Texas and the US

Recruiters at the 90th percentile earn $106,810, 2.7 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.7. The middle half of recruiters in Waco earns $51,750–$83,350. The mean ($70,400) is 11% 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 $31,600 wide, against $37,890 across Texas and $40,770 nationally: employers in Waco 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 $20,030 over the median, the 25th only $11,570 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $25,845 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 Waco, and the Texas statewide median of $68,920 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Waco

At the $63,320 median, a local hire costs about $81,703 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,383 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 Waco

Of the 17 roles we track in Waco, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between executive assistants ($66,980) and office managers ($59,990). Project Coordinator is the highest at $78,580.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #13 of the 17 roles we track in Waco (-16.6%), between office managers (-13.7%) and medical administrative assistants (-16.9%). The typical role here is at -12.5%, so, measured against the US, recruiters cost less in Waco than the area's general pay level would suggest. Recruiters hold 4.5% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Waco, 5.4% across Texas and 5.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Texas

Across the 32 areas of Texas with data for this job, the median runs from $46,630 in Eagle Pass to $78,650 in Midland, a gap of $32,020 a year. Of the 14 areas in Texas with more recruiters than Waco, 8 pay less, the largest of them El Paso, TX ($58,990), the North Region of Texas nonmetro area ($62,490) and McAllen-Edinburg, TX ($53,600).

Waco against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Waco is #205 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Texas, Gainesville and Columbia pay just above Waco and Lincoln and Janesville-Beloit just below. All four are within $50 a year of the median in Waco. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, all three pay more.

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