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Contract Recruiter salary: median $83,000 a year

Contract Recruiter listings that state pay run from $70,000 to $114,500 for the middle half, based on 25 current job listings. 53 contract recruiter roles are open now.

Contract Recruiter pay range

From 25 open listings that state pay. Annual, in US dollars.

Lower quarter
$70,000
Median
$83,000
Upper quarter
$114,500

Do AI skills change contract recruiter pay?

For Human Resources roles in general, as of November 11, 2026. This is the function’s figure, not one for contract recruiter alone: one title rarely has enough listings on both sides.

Among Human Resources listings, those that ask for an AI skill advertise a median $156,500, against $109,500 for those that never mention AI (+42.8%). That raw gap is not matched on level or industry.

Listings that ask for an AI skill
$156,500
median, from 365 paid listings
Listings that never mention AI
$109,500
median, from 752 paid listings

Advertised pay only: the midpoint of the range an employer posted, on live U.S. postings read from the full text. “Asks for an AI skill” means the posting names a specific AI skill; “no AI” means it never mentions AI. A difference in what is advertised is not a promise of what you would be paid, and it does not show that learning a skill causes a raise.

See the AI-skill pay table for every function · Check your own pay against these listings

More pay data: Human Resources pay by level, skills that pay more and pay by employer size.

Open contract recruiter jobs

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Contract Recruiter salary questions

How much does a contract recruiter make?
Among 25 open contract recruiter listings that state pay, the median is $83,000 a year, and half of listings fall between $70,000 and $114,500.
Where does this contract recruiter pay data come from?
From current job listings on employers’ own career sites that state a pay range. Hourly pay is converted at 2,080 hours a year, and a listing’s midpoint is used. Listed pay is what employers advertise, not what people are paid.
Which state pays contract recruiters the most?
Of the states with enough listings, California has the highest median listed pay at $92,000.

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