Project Coordinator salary in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX

Pay in Brownsville-Harlingen against Texas and the US

Project coordinators at the 90th percentile earn $134,700, 3.0 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.7. The middle half of project coordinators in Brownsville-Harlingen earns $51,890–$100,580. The mean ($80,080) 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 only $48,690 wide, against $54,560 across Texas and $54,660 nationally: employers in Brownsville-Harlingen pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a project coordinator here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $21,160 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $27,530, or about $35,523 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 75th and 90th percentiles in Brownsville-Harlingen, and the Texas statewide median of $98,440 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local project coordinators earn.

What a hire really costs in Brownsville-Harlingen

At the $73,050 median, a local hire costs about $94,258 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $21,208 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 Brownsville-Harlingen

Project coordinators have the highest median of the 17 roles we track in Brownsville-Harlingen; virtual receptionists have the lowest, at $28,720.

Measured against the US median, project coordinators rank #13 of the 17 roles we track in Brownsville-Harlingen (-28.6%), between payroll specialists (-27.8%) and office managers (-29.5%). The typical role here is at -24.4%, so, measured against the US, project coordinators cost less in Brownsville-Harlingen than the area's general pay level would suggest. Project coordinators hold 3.9% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Brownsville-Harlingen, 8.8% across Texas and 6.7% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Texas

Across the 32 areas of Texas with data for this job, the median runs from $69,550 in Eagle Pass to $102,390 in Austin-Round Rock, a gap of $32,840 a year. Of the 19 areas in Texas with more project coordinators than Brownsville-Harlingen, 1 pays less: McAllen-Edinburg, TX ($69,910).

Brownsville-Harlingen against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Brownsville-Harlingen is #186 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 Texas, Hinesville and Little Rock-North Little Rock pay just above Brownsville-Harlingen and Hot Springs and Jonesboro just below. Of the three markets with about as many project coordinators, all three pay more.

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