Recruiter salary in the Western Wyoming nonmetro area

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

Recruiters at the 90th percentile earn $115,210, 2.7 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.7. The middle half of recruiters in the Western Wyoming nonmetro area earns $55,770–$92,920. The mean ($74,290) is 12% 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 $37,150 wide, against $40,310 across Wyoming and $40,770 nationally: employers in the Western Wyoming nonmetro area 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 $26,430 over the median, the 25th only $10,720 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $34,103 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 the Western Wyoming nonmetro area, and the Wyoming statewide median of $66,970 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Western Wyoming nonmetro area

At the $66,490 median, a local hire costs about $85,794 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $19,304 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 Western Wyoming nonmetro area

Of the 15 roles we track in the Western Wyoming nonmetro area, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($80,000) and office managers ($63,320). Project Coordinator is the highest at $96,660.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #11 of the 15 roles we track in the Western Wyoming nonmetro area (-12.4%), between paralegals (-11.9%) and payroll specialists (-13.4%). The typical role here is at -6.1%, so, measured against the US, recruiters cost less in the Western Wyoming nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Recruiters hold 4.5% of the jobs in these 15 roles in the Western Wyoming nonmetro area, 4.9% across Wyoming and 5.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Wyoming

Across the 4 areas of Wyoming with data for this job, the median runs from $56,090 in Casper to $74,830 in Cheyenne, a gap of $18,740 a year. No other area in Wyoming has as many recruiters, and 1 of the other 3 pays less.

the Western Wyoming nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Western Wyoming nonmetro area is #360 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Wyoming, Grand Junction and Goldsboro pay just above the Western Wyoming nonmetro area and Lancaster and Pensacola-Ferry Pass just below. All four are within $230 a year of the median in the Western Wyoming nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, one pays more.

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