Recruiter salary in the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area

Pay in the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area against Ohio and the US

The middle half of recruiters in the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area earns $56,090–$85,830. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $105,550, 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 $29,740 wide, against $37,890 across Ohio and $40,770 nationally: employers in the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a recruiter here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $13,430 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $16,310, or about $21,045 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 West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area, and the Ohio statewide median of $70,180 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the West Northwestern Ohio 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 $20,183 to the $69,520 median and brings it to $89,703 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 West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($77,730) and marketing specialists ($63,130). Project Coordinator is the highest at $87,260.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #8 of the 16 roles we track in the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area (-8.5%), between payroll specialists (-8.1%) and virtual receptionists (-8.8%). The typical role here is at -8.6%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Recruiters hold 6.8% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area, 6.7% across Ohio and 5.9% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Ohio

Across the 16 areas of Ohio with data for this job, the median runs from $60,430 in the Southern Ohio nonmetro area to $75,440 in Columbus, a gap of $15,010 a year. Of the 6 areas in Ohio with more recruiters than the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area, 2 pay less: Dayton-Kettering, OH ($69,030) and Toledo, OH ($67,200).

the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area is #115 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 Ohio, Hilton Head Island-Bluffton and Blacksburg-Christiansburg pay just above the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area and Burlington and Lynchburg just below. All four are within $360 a year of the median in the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, one pays more.

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