Industry report
Staffing & Recruiting Jobs: Salary, Trends & Opportunities
97 open positions · $115K median salary · 18% ghost risk
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97open
$115K median posted pay
13 companies · 52% remote-friendly
82%
Not flagged
Where the openings are
Project Manager14%
Marketing Manager6%
Data Analyst4%
Data Scientist4%
Posted pay
Middle half of salaries$80K–$148K
Pay disclosed71%
The sector
What staffing and recruiting hiring looks like right now
97 open staffing and recruiting postings from 13 companies are in the pool today. Project Manager is the biggest group at 14 postings, ahead of Marketing Manager (6). Insight Global leads on volume with 19.
Of the 97 postings, 69 list pay (71%). The middle half runs $80K to $148K, with a median of $115K. 52% are flagged remote-friendly.
A company lands in this sector from its enrichment record, which tags the industry the employer operates in. Postings come from 4 job boards, refreshed every 2 hours, and the ghost, skill, and job-description figures below use the 384 staffing and recruiting postings the scoring engine has already read.
Roles and pay
Top staffing and recruiting roles by openings and salary
Bars show the middle half of posted pay for each role, drawn on one shared scale. Roles with fewer than 3 postings that list pay show no bar.
- 14 jobs$135K
- 6 jobs$161K
- 4 jobsPay not listed-
- 4 jobs$125K
- 3 jobsPay not listed-
- Director Of Marketing Analytics2 jobsPay not listed-
- 2 jobsPay not listed-
- Account Manager E Commerce1 jobPay not listed-
- Ai Bi Developer1 jobPay not listed-
- Analyst Sourcing Category Management Enterprise Applications1 jobPay not listed-
Based on 97 open staffing and recruiting postings, updated . The pool refreshes every 2 hours from 4 job boards.
Who is hiring
Companies hiring in staffing and recruiting
Sorted by open roles. The ghost badge shows once a company has 2 or more scored postings.
Insight Global
19 open roles
Avg pay $119KModerate ghost signalsActalent
16 open roles
Avg pay $121KModerate ghost signalsAquent
15 open roles
Avg pay $123KModerate ghost signalsThe Elite Job
12 open roles
Avg pay $52KModerate ghost signalsMotion Recruitment
9 open roles
Avg pay $144KLow ghost signalsJobgether
7 open roles
Avg pay $124KModerate ghost signalsExperis
5 open roles
Avg pay $116KLow ghost signalsDahl Consulting
3 open roles
Avg pay $142KGhost signals: not enough dataHarnham
3 open roles
Avg pay $218KGhost signals: not enough dataThe Judge Group
3 open roles
Avg pay $120KGhost signals: not enough data
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Posting quality
Ghost job rate in staffing and recruiting
18% of scored staffing and recruiting postings land at a 50% ghost probability or higher, against 21% across every sector. Average probability here is 32%.
The score rolls up posting age, missing pay, vague descriptions, reposting, and applicant volume. It marks a pattern and does not confirm any single listing is fake.
Lowest average ghost signals among staffing and recruiting employers with 3+ scored postings: Experis (10%), Motion Recruitment (18%).
Skills in demand
Skills staffing and recruiting employers ask for
From 384 scored staffing and recruiting postings. Dots show the average depth level (L0 to L5) the scoring engine assigned. The pay change compares postings that list the skill with those that do not, once each side has 5 salaries.
- Project Management+$35K40 postings
- Digital Marketing+$18K35 postings
- SEO+$43K32 postings
- Data Analysis+$13K28 postings
- SQL+$11K28 postings
- Communication Skills-$62K25 postings
- Analytics21 postings
- E-commerce21 postings
- Cross-functional Collaboration+$3K18 postings
- Google Analytics15 postings
Market health
How the staffing and recruiting market is holding up
Posting volume, last 90 days
Growing: 25 postings in the newer half against 6 in the older half. Counts scored postings by posted date, closed ones included.
- Remote-friendly
- 52%
- Pay disclosed
- 71%
- Realistic job descriptions
- 0%
- 85 scored
- Salary trend
- Not shown. The pool has no pay history for this sector yet.
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Staffing & Recruiting jobs: questions
How many staffing and recruiting jobs are open right now?
97 active staffing and recruiting postings from 13 companies are tracked today. 52% are flagged remote-friendly. The pool refreshes every 2 hours from 4 job boards.
What do staffing and recruiting jobs pay?
Among 69 staffing and recruiting postings that list pay, the median is $115K and the middle half runs $80K to $148K. 71% of staffing and recruiting postings disclose a salary, so treat the figures as the visible slice.
Which roles hire most in staffing and recruiting?
Project Manager (14), Marketing Manager (6), Data Analyst (4), and Data Scientist (4) lead the open postings. Project Manager accounts for 14% of the sector's listings.
What skills do staffing and recruiting employers ask for most?
Across 384 scored staffing and recruiting postings, Project Management, Digital Marketing, SEO, Data Analysis, and SQL come up most. Project Management appears in 40 of them.
How common are ghost jobs in staffing and recruiting?
18% of the 357 scored staffing and recruiting postings carry a ghost probability of 50% or higher. Across all sectors the share is 21%. A high score marks listing patterns such as age, missing pay, and reposting. It does not prove the role is fake.
Is the staffing and recruiting job market growing?
Posting volume looks growing over the last 90 days: 25 postings in the newer half of the window against 6 in the older half (+317%). This counts postings ShouldApply has scored, not every listing on the web.