Recruiter salary
What a recruiter actually earns, from 523 live job postings blended with the official US OEWS (Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) wage anchor. Pick a market for its median and range, then read the seniority split, the trend, and the country comparison below. Updated 2026-07-23.
Switch the market above to see recruiter pay in the 3 countries our sources cover, each with its own cost of living. The trend, seniority, and state detail below are United States data, where the official record runs deepest.
What the number means
A recruiter earns a blended US median near 103,183 dollars, with the typical middle running from 97,283 dollars to 109,925 dollars. The official OEWS median is 72,910 dollars, under the posted figure, because the advertised roles skew senior or well-funded. The official trend has moved up about 18 percent since 2019. By seniority, posted pay runs from roughly 104,209 dollars to 128,000 dollars. Demand is rated high, and 10% of postings are fully remote. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is hr manager, at 26 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
Open recruiter roles
Live openings tagged to this occupation, from company career pages and remote boards. Apply at the source.
- Sr Recruiter - FSPLifelancer · United StatesRemoteJul 23
- Recruiter II (Fixed-Term Employee)Braze · LondonJul 23
- Senior Business Recruiter, High VolumeRobinhood · Chicago, IL; Menlo Park, CA; New York, NY; Westlake, TX$128kJul 22
- Sr. Business RecruiterPinterest · San Francisco, CA, US; Remote, US$99kRemoteJul 22
- Technical Recruiter, InfrastructureAnthropic · San Francisco, CA$240kJul 22
- Freelance RecruiterMhyMatch · Brazil; IndiaRemoteJul 22
By seniority
Posted-median pay by seniority signal in the title, from our corpus. Noisy at the edges where sample sizes are small.
By country
- United States$97,283 – $109,925 · median $103,183
- Canada$49,928 – $69,543 · median $62,410
- United Kingdom$37,642 – $57,135 · median $43,019
Top-paying US states
OEWS median by state, highest first.
- Washingtonmedian $83,230
- Massachusettsmedian $81,960
- Californiamedian $81,810
- New Yorkmedian $81,140
- Virginiamedian $78,580
- Coloradomedian $78,170
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- HR Manager salary$105,719 median
- Executive Assistant salary$72,772 median
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Quick answers
How much does a recruiter make?
The blended US median is about 103,183 dollars, with a typical range from 97,283 dollars to 109,925 dollars, against an official OEWS median of 72,910 dollars.
Is recruiter a good career in 2026?
Demand for the role is rated high in our July 2026 corpus, with 10% of postings fully remote. The pay is shown above by seniority and by country.
What can a recruiter move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is hr manager, at 26 percent skill coverage. Run the instrument for the full set of reachable moves.
Method: bands are the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of live US postings with stated pay, shrunk toward the official OEWS anchor by sample size (the “blended” figure). Trend is the OEWS annual median for SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code 13-1071. Live corpus 523 observations, 2026-07-23. Definitions in the glossary.