Which pays more, HR Manager or Recruiter?

The median advertised salary for each is in the table above, along with the 25th and 75th percentiles so you can see the spread rather than one number.

Which has more openings?

Both counts are live and computed at the same moment, so the comparison is like for like.

Postings are read from company career systems continuously; the age row shows how old the listings themselves are.

Side by side

HR Manager vs Recruiter

Pay is effectively the same — the medians sit under 1% apart. Demand is comparable on both sides. Listings for HR Manager move faster — median age 34 days against 90.

Comparison

Side by side

Measure	HR Manager	Recruiter	Gap
Open postings	10,934	8,667	+2,267
Posted this week	228	754
Median salary	$92,000	$91,500	+$500
25th percentile	$72.5k	$72.5k
75th percentile	$114k	$114k
Salary disclosed	4.7%	8.8%
Remote share	12.2%	9.8%	+2.4pp
Median age of posting	34d	90d
Open over 60 days	36.9%	50.5%
Visa sponsorship	23.3%	22.7%

Pay

Pay distribution

HR Manager

$41k$159k

Recruiter

$41k$158k

Freshness

How old the listings are

HR Manager

just posted34d median90d+

Recruiter

just posted90d median90d+

Demand

What each side asks for

HR Manager — technologies

Python

72.0%

Tableau

65.8%

Terraform

59.6%

HubSpot

53.4%

Node.js

47.2%

Kotlin

41.0%

34.8%

Recruiter — technologies

Airflow

72.0%

AWS

65.8%

GCP

59.6%

React

53.4%

Docker

47.2%

Snowflake

41.0%

TypeScript

34.8%

HR Manager — employers

Kestrel Health

9.4%

Aperture Labs

8.7%

Brightline Retail

8.0%

Beacon Robotics

7.2%

Northwind Systems

6.5%

Meridian Software

5.8%

Halcyon Energy

5.1%

Recruiter — employers

Quarry Analytics

9.4%

Vantage Logistics

8.7%

Northwind Systems

8.0%

Cobalt Financial

7.2%

Halcyon Energy

6.5%

Pinewood Education

5.8%

Rivergate Media

5.1%

More comparisons

Other People & HR comparisons

HR Business Partner vs HR Manager HR Business Partner vs Recruiter

Both sides are counted the same way on the same day, so the gap is comparable even where the absolute numbers move. Salary figures use only postings that publish a range — the disclosure rate is in the table because a median over 20% of a cohort is a weaker number than one over 70%.