Project Coordinator salary in the Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetro area

Pay in the Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetro area against Texas and the US

Pay is more spread out here than nationally: the top tenth earns $150,960 or more, 3.0 times the bottom tenth, against 2.7 times across the US. Two offers for the same title can sit far apart. The middle half of project coordinators in the Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetro area earns $68,160–$132,260. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $64,100 wide, wider than in Texas as a whole ($54,560) and the US ($54,660), so what a project coordinator earns in the Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetro area depends more on the employer.

What to budget for a project coordinator here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $35,790 a year in pay and about $46,181 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $28,310 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 Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetro area, and the Texas statewide median of $98,440 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetro area

At the $96,470 median, a local hire costs about $124,477 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $28,007 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 Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetro area

Project coordinators have the highest median of the 16 roles we track in the Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetro area; virtual receptionists have the lowest, at $31,200.

Measured against the US median, project coordinators rank #2 of the 16 roles we track in the Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetro area (-5.7%), between sales development representatives (-5.4%) and accountants (-6.6%). The typical role here is at -15.2%, so, measured against the US, project coordinators cost more in the Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Project coordinators hold 6.7% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetro area, 8.9% across Texas and 6.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

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 16 areas in Texas with more project coordinators than the Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetro area, 11 pay less, the largest of them San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX ($92,130), El Paso, TX ($79,920) and Corpus Christi, TX ($90,320).

the Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetro area is #164 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Texas, North Port-Bradenton and Duluth pay just above the Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetro area and Racine-Mount Pleasant and Orlando-Kissimmee just below. All four are within $80 a year of the median in the Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many project coordinators, one pays more.

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