Project Coordinator salary in Burlington-South Burlington, VT

Pay in Burlington-South Burlington against Vermont and the US

The middle half of project coordinators in Burlington-South Burlington earns $75,700–$103,010. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $132,150, only 2.1 times the bottom tenth, against 2.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($92,650) is 8% 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 $27,310 wide, against $34,790 across Vermont and $54,660 nationally: employers in Burlington-South Burlington pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a project coordinator here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $17,600 over the median, the 25th only $9,710 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $22,710 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 Burlington-South Burlington, and the Vermont statewide median of $80,800 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Burlington-South Burlington

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 $24,796 to the $85,410 median and brings it to $110,206 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 Burlington-South Burlington

Project coordinators have the highest median of the 16 roles we track in Burlington-South Burlington; virtual receptionists have the lowest, at $37,400.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 16 roles we track in Burlington-South Burlington (-16.5%); sales development representatives come first (+13.8%). The typical role here is at +5.3%, so, measured against the US, project coordinators cost less in Burlington-South Burlington than the area's general pay level would suggest. Project coordinators hold 4.6% of the jobs in the 15 of these roles with a job count in Burlington-South Burlington, 5.1% across Vermont and 6.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Vermont

Across the 3 areas of Vermont with data for this job, the median runs from $70,200 in the Northern Vermont nonmetro area to $85,410 in Burlington-South Burlington, a gap of $15,210 a year. The one area in Vermont with more project coordinators, the Northern Vermont nonmetro area ($70,200), pays less: a bigger pool at a lower median.

Burlington-South Burlington against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Burlington-South Burlington is #255 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Vermont, Bangor and Corvallis pay just above Burlington-South Burlington and New Orleans-Metairie and Lake Havasu City-Kingman just below. All four are within $10 a year of the median in Burlington-South Burlington. Of the three markets with about as many project coordinators, all three pay more.

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