Recruiter salary
What a recruiter actually earns, from 960 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 2026-09-06.
Switch the market above to see recruiter pay in the 6 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 87,965 dollars, with the typical middle running from 64,958 dollars to 132,821 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 54,574 dollars to 144,438 dollars. Demand is rated high, and 10% of postings are fully remote. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is hr manager, at 42 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.
Senior Recruiter at DiliTrustParis - La DéfenseTodayApply
Talent Acquisition Specialist- H/F at MARGOParisTodayApply
Senior Technical Recruiter at Torc RoboticsUnited States · Remote$124k–$148kTodayApply
Talent Acquisition Partner (Contract) at TailscaleCanada · RemoteTodayApply
Senior Recruiter (Contract) - U.S. or LATAM at Worldwide Clinical TrialsUnited States · Remote$70k–$139k1d agoApply
Executive Talent Partner – Industrial Water (Sales & Industry Talent) at SolenisUnited States · Remote$108k–$158k1d agoApply
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$64,958$87,965$132,821
- Canada$40,288$56,220$69,369
- United Kingdom$40,931$47,753$54,574
- Ireland$40,931$47,753$54,574
- Australia$57,340$60,924$64,508
- Netherlands$42,275$46,252$52,559
Switzerland · official wage bands
median CHF 9'509/month
Swiss postings do not state pay, so these are not posted salaries: they are the federal wage survey (Lohnstrukturerhebung 2024) for the ISCO group 24 Betriebswirte und vergleichbare Spezialisten: standardized gross monthly, full-time, 13th salary included pro rata. The band covers the whole occupation group, which is coarser than this occupation alone.
Annual ≈ CHF 114'108 at the median. Source: Bundesamt für Statistik, LSE 2024.
Top-paying US states
OEWS median by state, highest first.
- California$111,986
- New York$108,608
- Washington$83,230
- Massachusetts$81,960
- Maryland$81,140
- North Carolina$69,400
Roles that pay more, that these skills already reach
Median pay from each destination’s own postings, with the readiness a recruiter profile already covers.
- 600 open project manager roles$126,568 median · +$38,603 · 34% readiness
- 600 open business analyst roles$122,331 median · +$34,366 · 19% readiness
- 424 open management consultant roles$121,564 median · +$33,599 · 12% readiness
- 490 open hr manager roles$109,266 median · +$21,301 · 42% readiness
Every measured move out of this role, ranked by readiness: alternative careers for a recruiter.
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Related salaries
- HR Manager salary$109,266 median
- Executive Assistant salary$73,542 median
- Business Analyst salary$122,331 median
Quick answers
How much does a recruiter make?
The blended US median is about 87,965 dollars, with a typical range from 64,958 dollars to 132,821 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 42 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 960 observations, 2026-09-06. Definitions in the glossary.