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Recruiter Salary

Recruiter pays a median of $112K ($93K–$148K) across 110 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $93K–$148K salary range

Median: $112K  ·  Based on 110 public Recruiter job postings  ·  Updated July 1, 2026


This Recruiter salary benchmark is built from public job postings — no private placement data. Figures reflect the posted-range midpoint (equity is separate) and are refreshed as new postings are collected.

📊 Salary breakdown

Recruiter · pay benchmark · updated July 1, 2026
$112K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$93K–$148K
Typical range
$700K view JD
Highest base · Divisional Vice President - Retirement Mid Markets (West Division)
110
Open roles
~6 yrs
Typical exp.
+38
110 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 78% of roles mention equity · espp
Highest-paying skills
Node.js $152KPython $130KPower Bi $127KJenkins $127KKafka $127KREST $125KAWS $124KLess $124K

Highest-paying open roles at Recruiter

Recruiter salary by location

  • Remote: $406K median · $700K top base — Divisional Vice President - Retirement Mid Markets (West Division) (view JD) (4 roles)

Remote work at Recruiter

5% of Recruiter's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly. Remote roles run a $97K median vs $73K onsite.

What Recruiter looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: CI/CD (10) · SQL (9) · Kubernetes (8) · Docker (8) · AWS (7) · Regulatory Compliance (6) · Auditing (6) · Azure (5) · Java (5) · React (4).

Benefits & perks at Recruiter

Commonly listed: medical (86) · dental (86) · vision (86) · mental-health (86) · 401k (86) · life-ins (86) · pto (86) · parental (86).

About Recruiter

Recruiter is 1–10 employees · HQ London, England. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Recruiter

Roles typically ask for around 6 years of experience (up to 15+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 14 that do, Bachelor's and Master's are most common.

Posted pay vs. total compensation

The figures on this page are the midpoint of each posting's advertised salary range (which, for commission roles, includes on-target earnings). Equity is a separate — and often large — component of total compensation, especially at high-growth and AI-native companies; 78% of these postings reference equity (espp). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Recruiter total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 98% of roles list a bonus; 67% include commission; common structures: hourly, commission_only, salaried. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Recruiter hiring activity

Recruiter has 110 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 110 public job postings with disclosed pay. 38 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (110 in the last 90).

💼 Similar companies hiring

Compare Recruiter's pay with companies in the same space:

CompanyMedian payvs RecruiterStage
Instawork$180K↑ +61%Series D
OpenAI$308K↑ +175%Late Stage
Socure$188K↑ +68%Series E
IonQ$164K↑ +47%Public
Clera$185K↑ +66%Pre-Seed
Trace3$146K↑ +31%Late Stage

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Common questions

What does Recruiter pay?
The median pay is $112K, with a typical range of $93K–$148K, based on 110 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Recruiter?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Divisional Vice President - Retirement Mid Markets (West Division), at $700K base.

Where does this data come from?
Public job postings on company career pages and public job boards — no private placement or client data.

Methodology

Posted-range midpoints (USD) aggregated from 110 public Recruiter job postings (2025–2026). Range = 25th–75th percentile; median = 50th percentile. Roles, departments, skills, and experience are parsed from the postings. Base salary only — equity excluded. Last refreshed July 1, 2026.

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