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Title: Contract Recruiter hourly rate in Florida, 2026 | Deftridge
Summary: Contract Recruiter pay in Florida: median wage $41 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate $60. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2024.

FL · United States · **Updated November 3, 2026**

# Contract Recruiter hourly rate in Florida

The market median wage for a Contract Recruiter in Florida is **$40.81 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **$60 an hour** on Deftridge, -14% against the United States rate.

**$60/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**$40.81/hr** median wage

**$32-56** middle half of wages

**$1,300** a month at 5 hours a week

## Contract Recruiter wage percentiles in Florida

Employee wages for the role. The yellow row is the median.

| Percentile | Per hour | 5 h a week, per month | Full time, per year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | $26.89 | $580 | $55,900 |
| 25th | $31.59 | $680 | $65,700 |
| Median | $40.81 | $880 | $84,900 |
| 75th | $55.89 | $1,210 | $116,300 |
| 90th | $73.17 | $1,590 | $152,200 |

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2024; aged to October 2026; about 62,880 people employed in the role. [How rates are built](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## Florida in numbers

What sets Florida apart for a Contract Recruiter, from the same sources as the table above.

- **-15%** median wage against the United States median of $48.09

- **47th of 51** states by median wage for this role

- **62,880** people employed in the role in this place

- **$43.56** median wage in the Crestview metro area, the highest here

- **$35** country floor: no United States rate is published below it

## What contractors receive

The Deftridge rate for a Contract Recruiter in Florida by level and by format. The company adds 15% on top; you keep all of the rate shown.

| Level | Per hour | Per month at 5 h/week |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Senior | $60 | $1,300 |
| Manager | $70 | $1,520 |

- Regular role **$60**

- One-off task **$65**

- Task bundle **$60**

- Expert hour **$80**

## Contract Recruiter pay across United States

Typical contractor rate for a senior Contract Recruiter, highest first; 10 of 51 places shown. By median wage Florida ranks **47 of 51**.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| District of Columbia | $69.81 | $100 |
| California | $62.84 | $90 |
| New York | $55.65 | $80 |
| Louisiana | $41.56 | $60 |
| Indiana | $41.32 | $60 |
| Ohio | $40.83 | $60 |
| Florida | $40.81 | $60 |
| Nebraska | $40.40 | $60 |
| Oklahoma | $39.55 | $55 |
| Mississippi | $38.18 | $55 |

## Metro areas in Florida

Median employee wage for the role in the metro area (BLS OEWS).

- [Crestview $43.56/hr median wage · range $32-59](https://deftridge.com/rates/contract-recruiter/florida/)

- [Palm Bay $43.32/hr median wage · range $33-62](https://deftridge.com/rates/contract-recruiter/florida/)

- [Naples $41.56/hr median wage · range $33-53](https://deftridge.com/rates/contract-recruiter/florida/)

- [Orlando $41.46/hr median wage · range $32-56](https://deftridge.com/rates/contract-recruiter/florida/)

- [Miami $41.41/hr median wage · range $32-57](https://deftridge.com/rates/contract-recruiter/florida/)

- [North Port $41.37/hr median wage · range $34-55](https://deftridge.com/rates/contract-recruiter/florida/)

- [Punta Gorda $40.63/hr median wage · range $32-53](https://deftridge.com/rates/contract-recruiter/florida/)

- [Deltona $40.46/hr median wage · range $31-52](https://deftridge.com/rates/contract-recruiter/florida/)

- [Jacksonville $40.15/hr median wage · range $32-53](https://deftridge.com/rates/contract-recruiter/florida/)

- [The Villages $40.07/hr median wage · range $32-52](https://deftridge.com/rates/contract-recruiter/florida/)

## Questions about pay, fees and privacy

The same rules apply to every task, so they live on two pages: [Pricing](https://deftridge.com/pricing/) explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; [How it works](https://deftridge.com/how-it-works/) covers matching, what a company sees and side work next to a job.

[Contract Recruiter rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/contract-recruiter/) · [Contract Recruiter jobs in Florida](https://deftridge.com/jobs/contract-recruiter/florida/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
