Question 1

How much does a staffing recruiter make?

Accepted Answer

The average staffing recruiter salary in the United States is $44,207. Staffing recruiter salaries typically range between $30,000 and $64,000 yearly. The average hourly rate for staffing recruiters is $21.25 per hour.

Staffing recruiter salary is impacted by location, education, and experience. Staffing recruiters earn the highest average salary in California.

Question 2

What state pays Staffing Recruiters the most?

Accepted Answer

California pays Staffing Recruiters the most in the United States, with an average salary of $59,955 per year, or $28.82 per hour.

Question 3

How do I know if I'm being paid fairly as a staffing recruiter?

Accepted Answer

You know if you are being paid fairly as a staffing recruiter if your pay is close to the average pay for the state you live in. For example, if you live in Hawaii you should be paid close to $55,072 per year.

Question 4

Do recruiters get commission?

Accepted Answer

Yes, recruiters get commission. However, this only applies to external recruiters; internal recruiters at an organization do not receive a commission.

Internal recruiters are recruiting professionals who work within a specific company or corporation. They tend to be compensated by annual salaries rather than commissions. Internal recruiters are often found in the human resources (HR) departments of organizations.

External recruiters are either independent contractors or work for recruiting agencies that contract with companies to provide recruitment services. External recruiters get commissions. This happens through placement fees via a commission structure.

External recruiters often have the ability to earn more than their internal counterparts because they can receive commissions.

There are three different types of commission structures that relate to recruiting:

Contingency

Contingency structures are used to pay recruiters after they have completed specific jobs. These usually involve metrics, such as the amount of time a new hire stays at a company.

An example of this would be when an external recruiter signs a contract stipulating that they will receive compensation equal to 40% of the base salary of each role that they fill if the employee they place in the role stays for at least 60 days or more at the company. Percentages of base salaries can vary, and this is just one hypothetical scenario.

In this structure, the external recruiter is often pitted against the company's own internal recruiters in its human resource department. This can often benefit both internal and external recruiters by increasing their motivation and incentivizing them to bring on more new qualified hires.

Retainer

A retainer is a recruiter commission structure that sees an organization paying an external recruiter before they accomplish the company's recruitment objectives. This can be beneficial if an organization does not want the external recruiter to compete against its own internal recruiters.

It also allows the external recruiter to focus on finding the appropriate candidates and not worry about meeting any quotas.

In this type of structure, the commission is also usually based on the salaries of the roles that the external recruiter sells. They might receive 30% to 50% of the base salaries of any filled positions.

Container

The last type of commission payment structure for external recruiters is a mixture of both the contingency structure and the retainer structure. This arrangement often sees organizations paying external recruiters half the commission, also referred to as an engagement fee, before the external recruiter has begun its recruitment services.

Then the organization will pay the second half of the external recruiter's commission once the job is complete. This practice is typically cheaper for organizations than the retainer structure, and it is more appealing to the recruiter than the contingency structure because the external recruiter earns money before they complete their job.

This structure also follows the method of basing commissions on percentages of salaries for roles filled.

Rank	State	Avg. salary	Hourly rate
1	Arizona	$50,398	$24.23
2	California	$59,955	$28.82
3	Rhode Island	$47,968	$23.06
4	District of Columbia	$52,718	$25.35
5	Oregon	$47,110	$22.65
6	Washington	$46,783	$22.49
7	Nevada	$46,660	$22.43
8	Texas	$47,319	$22.75
9	Hawaii	$55,072	$26.48
10	Massachusetts	$47,859	$23.01
11	Virginia	$48,552	$23.34
12	Alaska	$44,928	$21.60
13	New York	$46,936	$22.57
14	Connecticut	$45,502	$21.88
15	North Dakota	$40,424	$19.43
16	Colorado	$43,482	$20.90
17	Utah	$40,965	$19.69
18	Delaware	$42,077	$20.23
19	New Mexico	$43,609	$20.97
20	Pennsylvania	$42,586	$20.47
21	Florida	$42,856	$20.60
22	Vermont	$40,513	$19.48
23	Kentucky	$41,708	$20.05
24	Maryland	$45,658	$21.95
25	Kansas	$39,342	$18.91
26	Michigan	$39,458	$18.97
27	New Jersey	$43,506	$20.92
28	New Hampshire	$39,132	$18.81
29	North Carolina	$39,656	$19.07
30	Alabama	$39,916	$19.19
31	Ohio	$38,355	$18.44
32	Louisiana	$39,952	$19.21
33	Maine	$39,778	$19.12
34	Missouri	$40,162	$19.31
35	West Virginia	$38,336	$18.43
36	Minnesota	$39,427	$18.96
37	Arkansas	$38,010	$18.27
38	Illinois	$38,642	$18.58
39	Mississippi	$38,221	$18.38
40	South Dakota	$36,507	$17.55
41	Wisconsin	$38,054	$18.30
42	Wyoming	$35,365	$17.00
43	Nebraska	$36,983	$17.78
44	Oklahoma	$38,341	$18.43
45	South Carolina	$38,106	$18.32
46	Georgia	$37,169	$17.87
47	Idaho	$35,761	$17.19
48	Indiana	$36,754	$17.67
49	Montana	$30,795	$14.81
50	Tennessee	$33,313	$16.02
51	Iowa	$35,086	$16.87

Rank	City	Avg. salary	Hourly rate
1	Los Angeles, CA	$59,899	$28.80
2	Virginia Beach, VA	$48,384	$23.26
3	San Antonio, TX	$48,284	$23.21
4	Framingham, MA	$47,928	$23.04
5	New York, NY	$47,154	$22.67
6	Las Vegas, NV	$46,481	$22.35
7	Portland, OR	$46,386	$22.30
8	Colorado Springs, CO	$43,876	$21.09
9	Tampa, FL	$43,484	$20.91
10	Edison, NJ	$43,478	$20.90
11	Philadelphia, PA	$43,060	$20.70
12	Independence, KY	$41,552	$19.98
13	Sandy, UT	$40,749	$19.59
14	Birmingham, AL	$39,871	$19.17
15	Charlotte, NC	$39,664	$19.07
16	Cleveland, OH	$39,556	$19.02
17	Overland Park, KS	$39,012	$18.76
18	Grand Rapids, MI	$38,744	$18.63
19	Chicago, IL	$38,638	$18.58
20	Columbia, SC	$38,157	$18.34

Percentile	Annual salary	Monthly salary	Hourly rate
90th Percentile	$64,000	$5,333	$31
75th Percentile	$53,000	$4,417	$25
Average	$44,207	$3,684	$21
25th Percentile	$36,000	$3,000	$17
10th Percentile	$30,000	$2,500	$14

Job title	Annual salary	Monthly salary	Hourly rate	Job openings
Talent Acquisition Consultant	$69,315	$5,776	$33.32	44,216
Recruiting Coordinator	$45,459	$3,788	$21.86	56,602
Recruitment Manager-Sales	$57,523	$4,794	$27.66	79,349
Recruiting Lead	$76,768	$6,397	$36.91	34,440
Human Resources Recruiter	$47,549	$3,962	$22.86	73,383
Staffing Consultant	$40,837	$3,403	$19.63	41,815

Rank	Company	Average salary	Hourly rate
1	Capgemini	$65,621	$31.55
2	Aya Healthcare	$61,892	$29.76
3	TEKsystems	$45,809	$22.02
4	Grifols	$45,313	$21.79
5	Latitude 36	$45,290	$21.77
6	Hire Dynamics	$45,272	$21.77
7	Chief of staff	$45,272	$21.77
8	Robert Half	$45,161	$21.71
9	Rex	$44,958	$21.61
10	Randstad North America, Inc.	$44,931	$21.60
11	Crown Holdings	$43,837	$21.08
12	HealthTrust	$43,492	$20.91
13	ManpowerGroup	$43,138	$20.74
14	Horizon Healthcare Staffing	$40,968	$19.70
15	Perdue Farms	$40,495	$19.47
16	JobGiraffe	$40,070	$19.26
17	Elite Staffing	$39,235	$18.86
18	CareOne	$39,174	$18.83
19	Adecco	$37,951	$18.25
20	Remedy Intelligent Staffing	$37,586	$18.07

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