Recruiting Operations Specialist salary: $155K median
The median advertised Recruiting Operations Specialist salary is $155K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $125K to $185K: counted from 62 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $74 an hour or $12,896 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $218K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll recruiting operations specialist jobs
$155Kmedian advertised salary
$125K – $185Kmiddle half of roles
$160Kaverage advertised salary
62roles counted
Recruiting Operations Specialist salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $166K | 22 |
| 🇺🇸California | $162K | 26 |
| 🇺🇸New York, NY | $158K | 22 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $155K | 58 |
Skills that pay more for Recruiting Operations Specialist roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| SQL | $169K | +$14K | 6 |
| Workforce planning | $166K | +$11K | 7 |
| Greenhouse | $159K | +$4K | 10 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Datadog | $148K | 3 |
Highest-paying open Recruiting Operations Specialist roles
All recruiting operations specialist jobs- Talent Operations Associate, AmericasCheckout.com · 🇲🇽Home-based, Mexico$412K - $485K
- Recruiting Analytics Data EngineerAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA$285K - $380KPythonSQLdbt
- Senior Manager, Head of Talent OperationsRamp · 🇺🇸New York, NY (HQ)$220K - $302KHybridLead and aboveHelp deskWorkforce planningApplicant tracking systems
- Head of Talent Strategy & OperationsVeho Tech Inc · 🇺🇸New York City Office$220K - $295KLead and above
- Vice President, Talent StrategyNPR · 🇺🇸New York, New York, United States; Washington, District o…$243K - $290KLead and above
- Head of Talent OperationsKairos Project · Remote$140K - $270KRemoteLead and aboveGCPEvent marketing
- Director, Recruiting OperationsDatadog · 🇺🇸Boston, Massachusetts, USA; New York, New York, USA$176K - $250KLead and aboveWorkdayLow-code toolsChange management
- Global Talent Marketing & Events ManagerHappyrobot.ai · 🇺🇸San Francisco$180K - $250KHybrid
- Recruiting Operations LeadForus · 🇺🇸New York office$180K - $250KLead and aboveSQLBigQuery
- Talent Strategy LeadForus · 🇺🇸New York office$170K - $250KLead and above
- Systems & Enablement Lead, Recruiting OperationsOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$216K - $240KHybridLead and aboveHRIS
- Head of Recruiting OperationsApplied · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale$198K - $238KLead and aboveWorkdayGoogle WorkspaceApplicant tracking systems
- Senior Manager, Recruiting OperationsMongoDB · 🇺🇸Austin; Chicago; New York City; Palo Alto; San Francisco$112K - $220KSeniorGCPAzureTableau
- Recruiting Operations SpecialistSierra · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$165K - $220KInstructional design
- Sr. Manager, Recruiting OperationsSamsara · 🇺🇸Remote - US$122K - $218KRemoteSeniorLLMPrompt engineeringChange management
- Senior Manager, Talent OperationsZocdoc · 🇺🇸New York, NY; Silicon Valley, CA; USA Remote$159K - $215KRemoteSenior
- Manager, Recruiting OperationsProfound · 🇺🇸New York, New York$175K - $215KFigmaMongoDB
- Recruiting Operations ManagerNooks · 🇺🇸San Francisco$160K - $210KHybridHubSpot
- Senior Manager, Talent OperationsPlanet · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$163K - $203KSeniorLLM
- Talent Acquisition Operations ManagerNscale · 🇺🇸Seattle$110K - $200K
Questions about Recruiting Operations Specialist pay
- What is the average Recruiting Operations Specialist salary?
- $160K a year on average and $155K at the median, across 62 open Recruiting Operations Specialist postings at 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 $125K to $185K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Recruiting Operations Specialist pay?
- Datadog ($148K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a recruiting operations specialist a high-paying job?
- The median Recruiting Operations Specialist posting advertises $155K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 11% below the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a recruiting operations specialist?
- A tenth of the postings offer $218K a year or more; the highest open Recruiting Operations Specialist role advertises up to $485K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the Recruiting Operations Specialist salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $155K a year is about $74 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $12,896 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $60 to $89 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for Recruiting Operations Specialist roles?
- Postings that ask for SQL (+$14K, 6 postings), Workforce planning (+$11K, 7 postings), Greenhouse (+$4K, 10 postings) advertise more than the $155K median of all Recruiting Operations Specialist postings with pay.
- 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 Recruiting Operations Specialist roles at companies is $155K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $125K to $185K. Counted from 62 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/recruiting-operations/
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