Median base salary is $45,000 for recruiters with three to five years at US staffing firms; meanwhile for a C-level executive with the same level of experience the median base salary is $139,000, according to the new “Internal Employee Compensation Estimator” launched this week by Staffing Industry Analysts. This is the first time SIA has provided this tool entirely online.

Recruiter base salary 

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Looking at recruiters by skill segment served, those at education staffing operations posted the highest median base salary at $58,000. Marketing/creative recruiters had the second-highest at $50,000. However, across all segment, the median base salary was $43,000.

For large firms with more than 200 internal employees, the median recruiter base salary was $42,000 nationwide. For staffing firms with 20 or fewer internal employees, the median base salary for a recruiter was $45,000.

The online estimator enables users to view estimated compensation data from staffing CEOs to salespeople by years of experience, staffing segment, job title and company size. The idea is to enable staffing firms to compare internal employees’ base salary, bonus/commission/incentive pay and total cash compensation with other firms’.

SIA corporate members can access the tool online.