Know What Recruiters
Expect to Be Paid

Inside the Guide

Typical Asks by Title

Recruiter / Talent Acquisition	$80K
Senior Recruiter	$110K

Desired base salary, median, from people who applied with us (January–October 2026): 91 for Recruiter / Talent Acquisition and 5 for Senior Recruiter. The guide also has the middle-half range and the lowest pay people say they'd take.

• How they want to be paid
• Years of full-cycle recruiting
• How often they talk with hiring managers
• Their recruiting background
• What they've recruited for
• Where they'll work: hybrid, in the office, or remote
• Why they're looking, in their own words
• How long people stay in their jobs, from the BLS

Only group totals are shown. No one's individual answers are in the guide. Groups under 5 people are left out.