Recruiter salary in Wausau, WI

Pay in Wausau against Wisconsin and the US

The middle half of recruiters in Wausau earns $53,880–$81,410. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $98,800, only 2.1 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 $27,530 wide, against $27,560 across Wisconsin and $40,770 nationally: employers in Wausau pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a recruiter here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $14,660 a year in pay and about $18,916 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $12,870 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 Wausau, and the Wisconsin statewide median of $70,540 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Wausau

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 $19,379 to the $66,750 median and brings it to $86,129 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 Wausau

Of the 15 roles we track in Wausau, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between executive assistants ($67,930) and office managers ($65,230). Project Coordinator is the highest at $88,940.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #11 of the 15 roles we track in Wausau (-12.1%), between executive assistants (-11.3%) and project coordinators (-13.1%). The typical role here is at -7.2%, so, measured against the US, recruiters cost less in Wausau than the area's general pay level would suggest. Recruiters hold 5.6% of the jobs in these 15 roles in Wausau, 6.3% across Wisconsin and 5.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Wisconsin

Across the 17 areas of Wisconsin with data for this job, the median runs from $63,270 in Janesville-Beloit to $76,660 in Madison, a gap of $13,390 a year. Of the 13 areas in Wisconsin with more recruiters than Wausau, 7 pay less, the largest of them the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area ($65,570), the Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetro area ($63,800) and Appleton, WI ($63,650).

Wausau against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Wausau is #335 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Wisconsin, Bloomington and Greenville-Anderson pay just above Wausau and Battle Creek and Goldsboro just below. All four are within $120 a year of the median in Wausau. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, all three pay more.

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