Project Coordinator salary in the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area

Pay in the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area against New York and the US

Project coordinators at the 90th percentile earn $154,130, 2.5 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.7. The middle half of project coordinators in the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area earns $73,850–$122,630. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $48,780 wide, against $68,560 across New York and $54,660 nationally: employers in the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a project coordinator here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $25,420 a year in pay and about $32,800 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $23,360 in pay. 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 Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area, and the New York statewide median of $121,040 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area

At the $97,210 median, a local hire costs about $125,432 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $28,222 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 the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area

Project coordinators have the highest median of the 17 roles we track in the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area; virtual receptionists have the lowest, at $39,550.

Measured against the US median, project coordinators rank #11 of the 17 roles we track in the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area (-5.0%), between medical administrative assistants (-4.9%) and recruiters (-5.8%). The typical role here is at -4.4%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Project coordinators hold 3.2% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area, 6.2% across New York and 6.7% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in New York

Across the 16 areas of New York with data for this job, the median runs from $96,250 in Elmira to $126,660 in New York-Newark, a gap of $30,410 a year. All 10 areas in New York with more project coordinators than the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area also pay more, among them New York-Newark, NY-NJ ($126,660) and Rochester, NY ($103,520).

the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area is #291 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside New York, Bend and Ames pay just above the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area and Lansing-East Lansing and Slidell-Mandeville just below. All four are within $180 a year of the median in the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many project coordinators, one pays more.

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