Project Coordinator salary in the Balance of Nevada nonmetro area

Pay in the Balance of Nevada nonmetro area against Nevada and the US

Project coordinators at the 90th percentile earn $173,530, 2.8 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.7. The middle half of project coordinators in the Balance of Nevada nonmetro area earns $80,110–$136,260. The mean ($112,450) is 10% 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 $56,150 wide, wider than in Nevada as a whole ($52,550) and the US ($54,660), so what a project coordinator earns in the Balance of Nevada nonmetro area 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 $34,220 over the median, the 25th only $21,930 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $44,155 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 the Balance of Nevada nonmetro area, and the Nevada statewide median of $99,940 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in the Balance of Nevada nonmetro area

Pay is only part of it. Benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², which adds about $29,625 to the $102,040 median and brings it to $131,665 a year. 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 the Balance of Nevada nonmetro area

Project coordinators have the highest median of the 16 roles we track in the Balance of Nevada nonmetro area; virtual receptionists have the lowest, at $37,770.

Measured against the US median, project coordinators rank #5 of the 16 roles we track in the Balance of Nevada nonmetro area (-0.3%), between accountants (+0.4%) and virtual receptionists (-0.6%). The typical role here is at -6.9%, so, measured against the US, project coordinators cost more in the Balance of Nevada nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Project coordinators hold 6.5% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the Balance of Nevada nonmetro area, 5.7% across Nevada and 6.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Nevada

Across the 4 areas of Nevada with data for this job, the median runs from $93,560 in Carson City to $102,040 in the Balance of Nevada nonmetro area, a gap of $8,480 a year. All 2 areas in Nevada with more project coordinators than the Balance of Nevada nonmetro area pay less, among them Las Vegas-Henderson, NV ($99,940) and Reno, NV ($99,500).

the Balance of Nevada nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Balance of Nevada nonmetro area is #270 of 517 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside Nevada, Richmond and Idaho Falls pay just above the Balance of Nevada nonmetro area and Pueblo and Atlantic City-Hammonton just below. All four are within $250 a year of the median in the Balance of Nevada nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many project coordinators, none pays as much.

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