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Job Numbers and Growth
There are about 197,000 job recruiters in the United States. Unemployment for this occupation is low when compared to other careers.
Part-Time Work and Self-Employment
8% of employees work on a part-time basis. 2% of the time, people working as job recruiters are their own boss.
Training and Education
If you want to pursue this career, you will benefit from having a bachelor's degree. The percentage of employees with a 4 year degree is 56%. According to 2008 data 30% of job recruiters have attended college, but do not have a degree. Among workers, 14% have a high-school diploma, but no college education. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.
Area Job Conditions
Jobs for this occupation are most common in Omaha (Nebraska), Portsmouth (New Hampshire), and Battle Creek (Michigan), but are rarer in Waco (Texas), Naples (Florida), and Salinas (California).
Job recruiters are paid comparatively more in Decatur (Illinois), Fort Walton Beach (Florida), and San Francisco (California) and comparatively less in Hot Springs (Arkansas), Lake Charles (Louisiana), and Coeur d'Alene (Idaho).
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Job Recruiters: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area
The table below shows data for Job Recruiters, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Job Recruiters are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Job Recruiters are starred .
State Area Positions Typical Pay Popularity in Area Alabama Birmingham 580 $52,960 0.7 Alabama Decatur 40 $37,970 0.5 Alabama Huntsville 470 $48,740 1.4 Alabama Mobile 220 $34,830 0.8 Alabama Montgomery 170 $39,680 0.6 Alabama Tuscaloosa 50 $61,210 0.4 Alaska Anchorage 230 $45,990 0.9 Alaska Fairbanks 30 $47,910 0.7 Arizona Flagstaff 60 $52,370 0.8 Arizona Phoenix 4,490 $47,730 1.5 Arizona Prescott 40 $34,750 0.4 Arizona Tucson 330 $42,610 0.6 Arkansas Fayetteville 340 $41,280 1.1 Arkansas Fort Smith 100 $36,770 0.6 Arkansas Hot Springs 50 $32,850 1 Arkansas Jonesboro 50 $32,630 0.7 Arkansas Little Rock 630 $36,370 1.2 Arkansas Pine Bluff 40 $34,900 0.9 California Bakersfield 150 $43,950 0.4 California Chico 40 $50,410 0.4 California El Centro 40 $44,380 0.5 California Fresno 260 $52,400 0.5 California Modesto 90 $49,570 0.4 California Napa 40 $49,280 0.4 California Oakland 1,170 $61,750 0.7 California Riverside 1,400 $51,530 0.7 California Sacramento 1,070 $54,850 0.7 California Salinas 60 $53,350 0.2 California San Diego 1,490 $55,120 0.7 California San Francisco 2,740 $88,360 1.7 California San Jose 1,550 $82,950 1 California Santa Ana 1,900 $53,540 0.8 California Santa Barbara 170 $64,480 0.6 California Santa Cruz 90 $53,440 0.7 California Santa Rosa 120 $64,860 0.4 California Stockton 270 $53,970 0.8 California Vallejo 110 $46,440 0.6 California Visalia 100 $47,800 0.5 Colorado Boulder 130 $76,470 0.5 Colorado Colorado Springs 320 $52,050 0.8 Colorado Denver 2,230 $54,080 1.1 Colorado Fort Collins 320 $40,550 1.7 Colorado Grand Junction 90 $42,000 1.1 Colorado Greeley 70 $58,650 0.6 Colorado Pueblo 30 $38,640 0.4 Connecticut Bridgeport 1,420 $71,690 2Connecticut Danbury 100 $70,590 1 Connecticut Hartford 950 $61,330 1 Connecticut New Haven 360 $62,020 0.8 Connecticut Norwich 180 $50,520 0.9 Connecticut Waterbury 60 $59,620 0.6 Delaware Dover 50 $46,220 0.6 Delaware Wilmington 550 $58,670 1 District of Columbia Washington 5,230 $63,050 1.4 Florida Cape Coral 230 $50,520 0.7 Florida Deltona 250 $39,590 1 Florida Fort Lauderdale 1,480 $51,440 1.2 Florida Fort Walton Beach 150 $70,860 1.3 Florida Gainesville 190 $42,190 1.1 Florida Jacksonville 830 $45,690 0.8 Florida Miami 1,890 $42,670 1.2 Florida Naples 50 $45,170 0.3 Florida Ocala 140 $49,600 1 Florida Orlando 2,210 $43,860 1.3 Florida Palm Bay 150 $44,000 0.5 Florida Panama City 50 $35,050 0.5 Florida Pensacola 200 $38,450 0.9 Florida Port St Lucie 90 $47,650 0.5 Florida Sarasota 540 $44,420 1.3 Florida Sebastian 30 $43,360 0.4 Florida Tallahassee 260 $38,190 1 Florida Tampa 4,400 $39,140 2.2Florida West Palm Beach 860 $54,040 1 Georgia Albany 40 $34,310 0.5 Georgia Athens 90 $40,490 0.8 Georgia Atlanta 4,290 $57,870 1.1 Georgia Augusta 170 $38,100 0.5 Georgia Columbus 140 $38,640 0.8 Georgia Gainesville 90 $43,400 0.9 Georgia Macon 110 $37,150 0.7 Georgia Savannah 160 $45,700 0.7 Georgia Valdosta 40 $34,710 0.5 Georgia Warner Robins 40 $36,270 0.6 Hawaii Honolulu 690 $58,780 1 Idaho Boise 230 $50,700 0.5 Idaho Coeur Dalene 100 $33,160 1.3 Illinois Bloomington 50 $46,500 0.5 Illinois Champaign 50 $46,130 0.4 Illinois Chicago 8,000 $65,670 1.3 Illinois Decatur 100 $103,500 1.5 Illinois Peoria 110 $48,480 0.4 Illinois Rockford 160 0.7 Illinois Springfield 280 $54,820 1.8 Indiana Anderson 50 $37,280 0.9 Indiana Bloomington 110 $46,520 1.1 Indiana Columbus 70 $64,260 1.2 Indiana Elkhart 110 $39,600 0.6 Indiana Evansville 180 $45,220 0.7 Indiana Fort Wayne 370 $42,100 1.1 Indiana Gary 260 $39,850 0.6 Indiana Indianapolis 2,200 $47,090 1.5 Indiana Kokomo 50 $39,400 1 Indiana Lafayette 100 $49,060 0.9 Indiana Michigan City 30 $36,900 0.5 Indiana Muncie 40 $38,120 0.6 Indiana South Bend 190 $48,290 0.9 Indiana Terre Haute 70 $35,140 0.7 Iowa Ames 30 $37,010 0.6 Iowa Cedar Rapids 200 $44,910 1 Iowa Davenport 230 $55,010 0.8 Iowa Des Moines 530 $50,420 1 Iowa Iowa City 70 $46,480 0.7 Iowa Sioux City 100 $47,440 1 Iowa Waterloo 60 $47,270 0.5 Kansas Topeka 150 $40,280 0.9 Kansas Wichita 320 $41,660 0.7 Kentucky Bowling Green 90 $33,900 1.1 Kentucky Lexington 130 $39,290 0.3 Kentucky Louisville 800 $43,820 0.8 Kentucky Owensboro 30 $32,060 0.4 Louisiana Baton Rouge 290 $42,250 0.5 Louisiana Houma 40 $47,340 0.3 Louisiana Lafayette 140 $43,420 0.6 Louisiana Lake Charles 60 $39,720 0.5 Louisiana Monroe 60 $31,490 0.5 Louisiana New Orleans 470 $40,160 0.6 Louisiana Shreveport 140 $41,540 0.5 Maine Bangor 50 $55,550 0.5 Maine Lewiston 40 $45,150 0.6 Maine Portland 250 $62,400 0.8 Maryland Baltimore 1,570 $54,350 0.7 Maryland Bethesda 920 $67,840 1 Maryland Hagerstown 60 $47,870 0.4 Maryland Salisbury 50 $42,920 0.7 Massachusetts Barnstable Town 70 $63,020 0.5 Massachusetts Boston 4,680 $68,780 1.7 Massachusetts Brockton 190 $51,270 1.4 Massachusetts Framingham 290 $55,220 1.1 Massachusetts Haverhill 50 $53,470 0.4 Massachusetts Lawrence 140 $48,370 1.7 Massachusetts Leominster 40 $45,370 0.6 Massachusetts Lowell 100 $59,000 0.5 Massachusetts Pittsfield 50 $57,160 1.1 Massachusetts Springfield 500 $48,030 1 Massachusetts Taunton 40 $57,610 0.6 Massachusetts Worcester 450 $60,410 1.1 Michigan Ann Arbor 110 $51,840 0.4 Michigan Battle Creek 170 $67,170 2.5Michigan Detroit 1,050 $52,390 0.9 Michigan Flint 80 $47,570 0.4 Michigan Grand Rapids 660 $51,070 1.1 Michigan Holland 60 $43,370 0.4 Michigan Jackson 40 $59,300 0.5 Michigan Kalamazoo 200 $42,550 1 Michigan Lansing 210 $60,680 0.7 Michigan Muskegon 30 $44,450 0.3 Michigan Saginaw 50 $55,130 0.4 Michigan Warren 1,660 $58,450 0.9 Minnesota Duluth 60 $49,520 0.3 Minnesota Minneapolis 2,660 $55,270 0.9 Minnesota Rochester 140 $51,760 1 Minnesota St Cloud 60 $38,160 0.4 Mississippi Gulfport 160 $38,740 1 Mississippi Hattiesburg 80 $39,210 1 Mississippi Jackson 530 $36,390 1.3 Mississippi Pascagoula 140 $39,950 2.1Missouri Columbia 90 $41,290 0.7 Missouri Jefferson City 160 $39,510 1.6 Missouri Joplin 80 $34,890 0.7 Missouri Kansas City 1,490 $43,850 0.9 Missouri Springfield 210 $38,960 0.7 Missouri St Joseph 50 $42,410 0.7 Missouri St Louis 2,220 $50,300 1 Montana Billings 60 $36,130 0.5 Montana Great Falls 40 $36,780 0.9 Montana Missoula 110 $35,550 1.5 Nebraska Lincoln 200 $44,000 0.8 Nebraska Omaha 2,210 $64,790 2.9Nevada Carson City 50 $44,280 1.4 Nevada Las Vegas 1,430 $41,790 0.9 Nevada Reno 310 $46,580 0.9 New Hampshire Manchester 250 $55,300 1.6 New Hampshire Nashua 110 $53,920 0.5 New Hampshire Portsmouth 230 $59,790 2.8New Hampshire Rochester 40 $38,780 0.5 New Jersey Atlantic City 150 $44,810 0.7 New Jersey Camden 740 $59,450 0.9 New Jersey Edison 1,940 $70,560 1.1 New Jersey Newark 1,510 $64,610 0.9 New Jersey Trenton 710 $61,050 2.1New Jersey Vineland 50 $53,430 0.6 New Mexico Albuquerque 500 $40,760 0.8 New Mexico Las Cruces 40 $38,850 0.5 New Mexico Santa Fe 60 $36,130 0.7 New York Albany 590 $48,930 0.8 New York Binghamton 150 $44,510 0.9 New York Buffalo 550 $47,780 0.6 New York Glens Falls 40 $49,460 0.5 New York Ithaca 80 $66,060 1.4 New York Nassau 1,400 $62,460 0.7 New York New York 14,200 $70,690 1.7 New York Poughkeepsie 230 $43,170 0.6 New York Rochester 860 $45,880 1.1 New York Syracuse 360 $47,920 0.7 New York Utica 110 $42,990 0.6 North Carolina Asheville 370 $74,770 1.3 North Carolina Burlington 50 $39,410 0.6 North Carolina Charlotte 2,160 $54,280 1.5 North Carolina Durham 360 $50,970 0.8 North Carolina Fayetteville 90 $41,420 0.5 North Carolina Greensboro 440 $44,710 0.7 North Carolina Greenville 50 $39,740 0.5 North Carolina Hickory 160 $42,180 0.6 North Carolina Raleigh 1,420 $53,320 1.7 North Carolina Rocky Mount 50 $37,380 0.6 North Carolina Wilmington 220 $45,990 1 North Carolina Winston Salem 310 $44,250 0.9 North Dakota Bismarck 60 $46,960 0.7 North Dakota Fargo 120 $38,050 0.7 North Dakota Grand Forks 60 $38,240 0.9 Ohio Akron 450 $55,370 0.8 Ohio Canton 130 $39,120 0.5 Ohio Cincinnati 1,310 $51,140 0.8 Ohio Cleveland 1,470 $50,040 0.8 Ohio Columbus 1,570 $47,000 1 Ohio Dayton 400 $46,750 0.6 Ohio Lima 40 $44,950 0.5 Ohio Toledo 390 $42,950 0.8 Ohio Youngstown 220 $90,090 0.6 Oklahoma Oklahoma City 830 $38,530 0.9 Oklahoma Tulsa 480 $39,820 0.7 Oregon Eugene 220 $37,590 1 Oregon Medford 70 $42,540 0.6 Oregon Portland 1,580 $52,880 0.9 Oregon Salem 160 $41,400 0.7 Pennsylvania Allentown 620 $50,150 1.1 Pennsylvania Altoona 80 $39,660 0.9 Pennsylvania Erie 220 $40,370 1.1 Pennsylvania Harrisburg 790 $49,400 1.6 Pennsylvania Johnstown 70 $44,010 0.9 Pennsylvania Lancaster 250 $43,920 0.7 Pennsylvania Lebanon 40 $41,050 0.6 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 4,320 $52,880 1.4 Pennsylvania Pittsburgh 2,040 $50,990 1.1 Pennsylvania Reading 250 $45,880 1 Pennsylvania Scranton 360 $43,930 0.9 Pennsylvania State College 120 $37,570 1.5 Pennsylvania Williamsport 50 $44,200 0.7 Pennsylvania York 200 $40,750 0.7 Rhode Island Providence 840 $52,560 0.9 South Carolina Charleston 280 $39,410 0.6 South Carolina Columbia 460 $40,440 0.8 South Carolina Florence 50 $46,220 0.4 South Carolina Greenville 480 $45,740 1 South Carolina Myrtle Beach 90 $63,460 0.5 South Carolina Spartanburg 80 $37,280 0.4 South Dakota Rapid City 70 $44,980 0.8 South Dakota Sioux Falls 280 $44,110 1.3 Tennessee Chattanooga 380 $34,890 1 Tennessee Clarksville 40 $37,340 0.4 Tennessee Johnson City 70 $37,390 0.6 Tennessee Kingsport 100 $44,160 0.6 Tennessee Knoxville 290 $43,650 0.5 Tennessee Memphis 770 $43,300 0.8 Tennessee Nashville 1,180 $48,220 0.9 Texas Abilene 160 $37,020 1.8 Texas Amarillo 50 $43,290 0.3 Texas Austin 1,150 $46,550 0.9 Texas Beaumont 80 $47,380 0.3 Texas College Station 60 $55,290 0.5 Texas Corpus Christi 200 $36,660 0.7 Texas Dallas 5,700 $53,280 1.7 Texas Fort Worth 940 $46,290 0.7 Texas Houston 4,670 $64,270 1.1 Texas Killeen 140 $39,190 0.8 Texas Laredo 40 $36,060 0.3 Texas Longview 80 $42,880 0.6 Texas Lubbock 60 $41,950 0.3 Texas Mcallen 170 $31,280 0.5 Texas Midland 50 $50,040 0.5 Texas Odessa 70 $40,430 0.9 Texas San Angelo 40 $48,290 0.7 Texas San Antonio 1,060 $42,750 0.8 Texas Sherman 30 $48,210 0.6 Texas Texarkana 40 $36,200 0.5 Texas Tyler 100 $41,660 0.7 Texas Waco 40 $40,700 0.3 Utah Ogden 140 $43,850 0.4 Utah Provo 140 $43,150 0.5 Utah Salt Lake City 730 $46,250 0.7 Vermont Burlington 130 $53,400 0.8 Virginia Blacksburg 30 $42,280 0.3 Virginia Charlottesville 140 $49,020 1 Virginia Danville 40 $40,040 0.8 Virginia Lynchburg 70 $40,780 0.5 Virginia Richmond 940 $48,230 1 Virginia Roanoke 190 $40,670 0.8 Virginia Virginia Beach 900 $40,470 0.7 Virginia Winchester 40 $48,510 0.5 Washington Bellingham 80 $44,310 0.7 Washington Bremerton 150 $49,440 1.2 Washington Kennewick 40 $59,730 0.3 Washington Olympia 100 $90,050 0.7 Washington Seattle 2,950 $61,940 1.3 Washington Spokane 140 $47,350 0.4 Washington Tacoma 290 $44,900 0.7 Washington Yakima 50 $41,100 0.4 West Virginia Charleston 90 $41,230 0.4 West Virginia Huntington 60 $38,880 0.3 West Virginia Morgantown 50 $38,770 0.8 Wisconsin Eau Claire 80 $41,690 0.7 Wisconsin Fond 40 $50,100 0.7 Wisconsin Green Bay 230 $43,870 0.9 Wisconsin Janesville 120 $48,440 1.3 Wisconsin La Crosse 60 $45,150 0.6 Wisconsin Madison 540 $46,740 1 Wisconsin Milwaukee 1,950 $51,630 1.4 Wisconsin Oshkosh 110 $51,550 0.9 Wisconsin Racine 140 $75,900 1.2 Wisconsin Sheboygan 60 $51,940 0.7 Wisconsin Wausau 50 $42,020 0.5 Wyoming Cheyenne 50 $42,830 0.8
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