Project Coordinator salary in Bowling Green, KY

Pay in Bowling Green against Kentucky and the US

The middle half of project coordinators in Bowling Green earns $63,010–$103,240. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $127,710, only 2.4 times the bottom tenth, against 2.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($88,870) is 9% 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 only $40,230 wide, against $40,730 across Kentucky and $54,660 nationally: employers in Bowling Green pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a project coordinator here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $18,290 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $21,940, or about $28,310 once benefits are added. 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 Bowling Green, and the Kentucky statewide median of $81,700 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Bowling Green

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 $23,603 to the $81,300 median and brings it to $104,903 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 Bowling Green

Project coordinators have the highest median of the 15 roles we track in Bowling Green; virtual receptionists have the lowest, at $31,750.

Measured against the US median, project coordinators rank #13 of the 15 roles we track in Bowling Green (-20.5%), between recruiters (-18.5%) and marketing specialists (-23.6%). The typical role here is at -15.5%, so, measured against the US, project coordinators cost less in Bowling Green than the area's general pay level would suggest. Project coordinators hold 5.0% of the jobs in these 15 roles in Bowling Green, 5.2% across Kentucky and 6.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Kentucky

Across the 10 areas of Kentucky with data for this job, the median runs from $73,850 in the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area to $84,520 in Lexington-Fayette, a gap of $10,670 a year. Of the 5 areas in Kentucky with more project coordinators than Bowling Green, 3 pay less: the Central Kentucky nonmetro area ($76,260), the West Kentucky nonmetro area ($75,050) and the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area ($73,850).

Bowling Green against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Bowling Green is #303 of 517 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Kentucky, Jackson and Sebastian-Vero Beach pay just above Bowling Green and Muncie and Johnstown just below. All four are within $230 a year of the median in Bowling Green. Of the three markets with about as many project coordinators, all three pay more.

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