Project Coordinator salary in the Central North Carolina nonmetro area

Pay in the Central North Carolina nonmetro area against North Carolina and the US

The middle half of project coordinators in the Central North Carolina nonmetro area earns $72,210–$119,570. The top tenth earns $147,210 or more, 2.9 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.7 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $47,360 wide, against $52,720 across North Carolina and $54,660 nationally: employers in the Central North Carolina nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a project coordinator here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $21,960 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $25,400, or about $32,774 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 the Central North Carolina nonmetro area, and the North Carolina statewide median of $100,820 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Central North Carolina nonmetro area

At the $94,170 median, a local hire costs about $121,510 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $27,340 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 Central North Carolina nonmetro area

Project coordinators have the highest median of the 17 roles we track in the Central North Carolina nonmetro area; virtual receptionists have the lowest, at $32,590.

Measured against the US median, project coordinators rank #2 of the 17 roles we track in the Central North Carolina nonmetro area (-8.0%), between HR assistants (-4.5%) and e-commerce order specialists (-8.3%). The typical role here is at -16.2%, so, measured against the US, project coordinators cost more in the Central North Carolina nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Project coordinators hold 3.6% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Central North Carolina nonmetro area, 6.9% across North Carolina and 6.7% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in North Carolina

Across the 18 areas of North Carolina with data for this job, the median runs from $79,240 in Jacksonville to $105,200 in Charlotte-Concord, a gap of $25,960 a year. Of the 9 areas in North Carolina with more project coordinators than the Central North Carolina nonmetro area, 3 pay less: Winston-Salem, NC ($79,560), Wilmington, NC ($89,120) and the Western North Carolina nonmetro area ($91,200).

the Central North Carolina nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Central North Carolina nonmetro area is #185 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside North Carolina, Bay City and Homosassa Springs pay just above the Central North Carolina nonmetro area and Wheeling and Oshkosh-Neenah just below. All four are within $140 a year of the median in the Central North Carolina nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many project coordinators, two pay more.

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