Recruiter salary in the Western Washington nonmetro area

Pay in the Western Washington nonmetro area against Washington and the US

The middle half of recruiters in the Western Washington nonmetro area earns $62,990–$92,970. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $114,510, 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 $29,980 wide, against $41,350 across Washington and $40,770 nationally: employers in the Western Washington nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a recruiter here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $15,650 a year in pay and about $20,194 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $14,330 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 25th percentile and the median in the Western Washington nonmetro area, and the Washington statewide median of $84,550 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in the Western Washington 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 $22,448 to the $77,320 median and brings it to $99,768 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 Western Washington nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the Western Washington nonmetro area, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between executive assistants ($77,770) and office managers ($75,380). Project Coordinator is the highest at $95,580.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #11 of the 16 roles we track in the Western Washington nonmetro area (+1.8%), between customer support specialists (+7.4%) and paralegals (+1.5%). The typical role here is at +8.9%, so, measured against the US, recruiters cost less in the Western Washington nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Recruiters hold 5.0% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the Western Washington nonmetro area, 6.7% across Washington and 5.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Washington

Across the 13 areas of Washington with data for this job, the median runs from $72,180 in Yakima to $92,770 in Seattle-Tacoma, a gap of $20,590 a year. Of the 5 areas in Washington with more recruiters than the Western Washington nonmetro area, 1 pays less: Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA ($74,430).

the Western Washington nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Western Washington nonmetro area is #224 of 521 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside Washington, Atlantic City-Hammonton and Hagerstown-Martinsburg pay just above the Western Washington nonmetro area and Worcester and Syracuse just below. All four are within $410 a year of the median in the Western Washington nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, none pays as much.

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