Recruiter salary: $155K median
From 419 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
$155Kmedian advertised salary
$126K – $180Kmiddle half of roles
$157Kaverage advertised salary
419roles counted
Recruiter salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $202K, 29% more than senior roles ($157K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $157K | $142K–$175K | 128 |
| Lead and above | $202K | $178K–$242K | 49 |
| No level in title | $140K | $109K–$179K | 240 |
Recruiter salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $165K | 195 |
| 🇺🇸California | $160K | 231 |
| 🇺🇸New York | $159K | 114 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $155K | 403 |
| 🇺🇸Seattle | $155K | 23 |
| 🇺🇸Boston | $138K | 15 |
| 🇺🇸Los Angeles | $132K | 17 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropic | $268K | 9 |
| OpenAI | $228K | 5 |
| Notion | $209K | 6 |
| Ramp | $204K | 8 |
| Modal | $200K | 3 |
| Zoox | $198K | 5 |
| Mercor | $188K | 7 |
| Afterquery | $188K | 3 |
| Zocdoc | $187K | 3 |
| Airwallex | $186K | 4 |
| Snorkel AI | $185K | 3 |
| Perplexity | $182K | 7 |
| Baseten | $180K | 5 |
| Sierra | $180K | 3 |
| Together AI | $172K | 4 |
| Crusoe | $170K | 5 |
| Abridge | $170K | 3 |
| NormalComputing | $169K | 4 |
| Match Group | $162K | 3 |
| Verkada | $162K | 9 |
| Serval | $162K | 5 |
| Apollo.io | $159K | 5 |
| Harvey | $158K | 13 |
| Foundry Robotics | $158K | 5 |
| Dualentry | $155K | 4 |
Highest-paying open Recruiter roles
All recruiter jobs- Talent Operations Associate, AmericasCheckout.com · 🇲🇽Home-based, Mexico$412K - $485K
- People Research Scientist, RecruitingAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA$285K - $380KPythonSQLMachine Learning
- Recruiting Analytics Data EngineerAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA$285K - $380KPythonSQLdbt
- Recruiting Coordinator, AmericasCheckout.com · 🇲🇽Mexico City$284K - $380KAgile
- Senior Director, Head of Talent AcquisitionZoox · 🇺🇸Foster City, CA$334K - $369KLeadWorkday
- Head of Talent AcquisitionApollo.io · 🇺🇸Hybrid, San Francisco$292K - $365KLeadHubSpot
- Senior Director, GTM RecruitingOkta · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$236K - $363KLeadMachine Learning
- Senior Director/Director, Talent Acquisition & Culture - EngineeringAppLovin · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$220K - $330KLead
- Head of Executive RecruitingZoox · 🇺🇸Foster City, CA$244K - $321KLead
- Principal Executive RecruiterGitLab · 🇨🇦🇺🇸Remote, Canada; Remote, United States$185K - $314KRemoteLead
- Senior Manager, Head of Talent OperationsRamp · 🇺🇸New York, NY (HQ)$220K - $302KLead
- Director of Technical RecruitingSnorkel AI · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA (Hybrid)$170K - $300KLeadMachine Learning
- Manager, Recruiting - EngineeringFigma · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States$169K - $296K
- Senior Technical RecruiterOpenAI · 🇺🇸US - Remote$172K - $295KRemoteSenior
- Director, GTM & G&A RecruitingVanta · 🇺🇸Remote U.S.$208K - $284KRemoteLead
- Senior/Lead Recruiter | GTMRamp · 🇺🇸New York, NY (HQ)$204K - $280KLeadLLM
- Senior Technical RecruiterGoodfire · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$120K - $280KSeniorLLM
- Director, Global Talent Acquisition (TA) Operations and ProgramsIllumio · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, California - HQ$229K - $275KLead
- People Analytics Lead - RecruitingNotion · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$225K - $275KLeadSQLSnowflake
- Head of Early Career RecruitingNotion · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$225K - $275KLead
Questions about Recruiter pay
- What is the average Recruiter salary?
- $157K a year on average and $155K at the median, across 419 open Recruiter postings at tech companies that state pay (November 2026). The median is the better guide: a few very high offers pull the average up.
- What is the typical range?
- The middle half of the postings offer $126K to $180K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Recruiter pay?
- Anthropic ($268K), OpenAI ($228K), Notion ($209K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Where do these figures come from?
- From the pay ranges employers print in their own job postings, read from their careers pages every hour. The midpoint of each range is counted. These are advertised ranges for open roles, mostly in the United States and in US dollars, not what people are actually paid.
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The median advertised salary for Recruiter roles at tech companies is $155K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $126K to $180K. Counted from 419 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Hiring Right Now, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/recruiter/
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