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Technical Recruiter Career Market Report 2026

464 active jobs. 293 companies. Median salary $120K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

464
Active Job Openings
293
Companies Hiring
$120K
Median Salary (US)
90%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The Technical Recruiter market data on this page is updated daily from 800,000+ active job postings across 20 ATS platforms.

Greenhouse Lever Workday Ashby SmartRecruiters Workable + 14 more ATS sources

Salary: Extracted via NLP. Only USD $5K-$3M included. Skills: Named entity recognition, noise-filtered (generic soft skills excluded). Experience: Inferred from title + description. Coverage: 90% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $120K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $104K to $150K.

AI/LLM is the most-demanded skill at 61%

AI/LLM demand rose +5.3pp — fastest-growing skill

Andurilindustries leads hiring with 22 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Junior → Mid-Level (+$26K, +28%)

Salary increase: +$26K · Sample: Junior → Mid-Level

AI automation risk: medium (score 55/100)

Score: 55/100 · AI/LLM demand: 61% of postings

Week-over-week changes reflect dataset expansion, not market surge

Recent growth in tracked postings is from adding new data sources, not a one-week hiring boom. Interpret trend data with this in mind.

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90
Senior74$114K$125K$154K
Mid-Level17$110K$120K$146K
Junior12$83K$94K$105K
Staff5$105K$105K$174K
Lead4$140K$144K$145K

What jumps out

Junior → Mid-Level: +$26K (28%) — the biggest single-step increase. The salary curve is back-loaded: the largest raises come at transitions where scope changes from executing tasks to owning outcomes, or from owning outcomes to shaping architecture across teams.

Salary by Country

CountryJobsMedianCurrency
United States111$120KUSD
Remote11$125KUSD
Canada3$98KUSD

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site15.7%
Remote23.5%
Hybrid3.2%

~80% of postings do not specify work mode. Figures show only positions where it is explicitly stated.

Top Skills in Demand

AI/LLM
61%
Talent Acquisition
26%
Robotics
10%
Go
4%
HRIS
3%
Python
3%
DevOps
2%

Skills on the Rise

AI/LLM ↑+5.3ppGo ↑+3.8ppHRIS ↑+3.1pp

Declining in Demand

Procurement ↓-70.1ppJournalism ↓-19.4ppActing ↓-13.5ppStakeholder Management ↓-10.4ppMental Health ↓-8.3pp

Generic skills excluded: Recruiting. These appear in most postings across all roles.

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Andurilindustries224.7%
Space x102.2%
Talentful61.3%
Vaco61.3%
Translation Empire51.1%
Applied40.9%
Harvey Norman Singapore40.9%
Appliedintuition40.9%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States267
Remote40
Canada14
United Kingdom12
India7
Costa Rica5
Pakistan5
Philippines3

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree62.3%261
Master's Degree8.1%34
Bachelor's Degree7.6%32
PhD / Doctorate0.2%1

Certifications

All certifications below 1% threshold. Certifications carry minimal weight in this profession's hiring decisions.

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