Project Coordinator salary in the Central Pennsylvania nonmetro area

Pay in the Central Pennsylvania nonmetro area against Pennsylvania and the US

The middle half of project coordinators in the Central Pennsylvania nonmetro area earns $73,010–$117,300. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $141,390, only 2.4 times the bottom tenth, against 2.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($94,960) 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 $44,290 wide, against $50,270 across Pennsylvania and $54,660 nationally: employers in the Central Pennsylvania nonmetro area 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 $29,440 over the median, the 25th only $14,850 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $37,987 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 the Central Pennsylvania nonmetro area, and the Pennsylvania statewide median of $100,150 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Central Pennsylvania nonmetro area

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 $25,508 to the $87,860 median and brings it to $113,368 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 the Central Pennsylvania nonmetro area

Project coordinators have the highest median of the 17 roles we track in the Central Pennsylvania nonmetro area; virtual receptionists have the lowest, at $35,240.

Measured against the US median, project coordinators rank #11 of the 17 roles we track in the Central Pennsylvania nonmetro area (-14.1%), between e-commerce order specialists (-13.7%) and recruiters (-17.1%). The typical role here is at -12.0%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Project coordinators hold 3.9% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Central Pennsylvania nonmetro area, 6.3% across Pennsylvania and 6.7% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Pennsylvania

Across the 20 areas of Pennsylvania with data for this job, the median runs from $81,070 in Johnstown to $104,160 in Philadelphia-Camden, a gap of $23,090 a year. All 8 areas in Pennsylvania with more project coordinators than the Central Pennsylvania nonmetro area also pay more, among them Philadelphia-Camden, PA-NJ ($104,160) and Pittsburgh, PA ($99,320).

the Central Pennsylvania nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Central Pennsylvania nonmetro area is #207 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Pennsylvania, Provo-Orem and Prescott Valley-Prescott pay just above the Central Pennsylvania nonmetro area and Sumter and Florence just below. All four are within $510 a year of the median in the Central Pennsylvania nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many project coordinators, one pays more.

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