Project Coordinator salary in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC

Pay in Augusta-Richmond County against Georgia and the US

Pay is more spread out here than nationally: the top tenth earns $205,350 or more, 3.5 times the bottom tenth, against 2.7 times across the US. Two offers for the same title can sit far apart. The middle half of project coordinators in Augusta-Richmond County earns $77,470–$153,080. The mean ($115,540) is 14% over the median, so a group of high earners pulls the average up; price a typical hire from the median. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $75,610 wide, wider than in Georgia as a whole ($55,080) and the US ($54,660), so what a project coordinator earns in Augusta-Richmond County depends more on the employer.

What to budget for a project coordinator here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $51,800 over the median, the 25th only $23,810 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $66,839 a year in employer cost. These percentiles describe what people in the job earn locally, not experience levels, so place your offer by the tasks and seniority you need.

For scale, the US median of $102,320 falls between the median and the 75th percentile in Augusta-Richmond County, and the Georgia statewide median of $102,140 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Augusta-Richmond County

At the $101,280 median, a local hire costs about $130,684 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $29,404 here. Recruiting, equipment and office space come on top. Benefit levels vary by employer, so treat this as an estimate.

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Other roles in Augusta-Richmond County

Project coordinators have the highest median of the 17 roles we track in Augusta-Richmond County; virtual receptionists have the lowest, at $32,690.

Measured against the US median, this job is the best paid of the 17 roles we track in Augusta-Richmond County (-1.0%); marketing specialists come last (-22.7%). The typical role here is at -12.5%, so, measured against the US, project coordinators cost more in Augusta-Richmond County than the area's general pay level would suggest. Project coordinators hold 7.3% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Augusta-Richmond County, 5.6% across Georgia and 6.7% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Georgia

Across the 18 areas of Georgia with data for this job, the median runs from $73,320 in Hinesville to $116,980 in Warner Robins, a gap of $43,660 a year. The one area in Georgia with more project coordinators, Atlanta-Sandy Springs, GA ($103,400), also pays more.

Augusta-Richmond County against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Augusta-Richmond County is #93 of 517 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job and one of the better-paying ones. Outside Georgia, Mobile and Fort Collins-Loveland pay just above Augusta-Richmond County and Buffalo-Cheektowaga and Des Moines-West Des Moines just below. All four are within $130 a year of the median in Augusta-Richmond County. Of the three markets with about as many project coordinators, two pay more.

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