Updated July 2026
Recruiter Salaries
The median advertised recruiter salary in the United States is $75,000 per year, across 812 job listings with posted pay published in the last 12 months. Below, every segment with enough data to publish — pay by role type, seniority, state, and sector, each with its own breakdown page and month-by-month trend. Segments with fewer than 30 salary-disclosed listings are suppressed rather than shown.
Headline numbers, distributions, and live-market figures are on the full recruiter salary report.
Salaries by role type
Executive search, technical recruiting, staffing, and the other recruiting role families.
Salaries by seniority level
From entry level to executive, the advertised pay ladder for recruiters.
Salaries by US state
States with at least 30 salary-disclosed recruiter listings in the last 12 months.
Salaries by US city
Cities with at least 30 salary-disclosed recruiter listings in the last 12 months.
Salaries by sector
What recruiting pays in the industries recruiters serve.
Salaries by company
Firms with at least 30 salary-disclosed recruiting listings in the last 12 months.
More recruiter data
- Recruiter salary report — the full report: distributions, remote vs on-site, weekly trend, downloads.
- Agency vs in-house recruiter salaries — how advertised pay compares across the two sides of the industry.
- Top recruiting firms hiring now — the live league table of firms ranked by open roles.
- Recruiter commission calculator — model OTE and take-home per placement against the market median.