Project Coordinator salary in the East South Dakota nonmetro area

Pay in the East South Dakota nonmetro area against South Dakota and the US

The middle half of project coordinators in the East South Dakota nonmetro area earns $64,000–$100,900. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $130,400, only 2.4 times the bottom tenth, against 2.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $36,900 wide, between the figure for South Dakota ($36,550) and the US figure ($54,660).

What to budget for a project coordinator here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $18,850 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $18,050, or about $23,290 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 75th and 90th percentiles in the East South Dakota nonmetro area, and the South Dakota statewide median of $82,250 falls between the 25th percentile and the median. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local project coordinators earn.

What a hire really costs in the East South Dakota nonmetro area

At the $82,850 median, a local hire costs about $106,903 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $24,053 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 East South Dakota nonmetro area

Project coordinators have the highest median of the 15 roles we track in the East South Dakota nonmetro area; virtual receptionists have the lowest, at $37,350.

Measured against the US median, project coordinators rank #12 of the 15 roles we track in the East South Dakota nonmetro area (-19.0%), between sales development representatives (-14.3%) and payroll specialists (-19.1%). The typical role here is at -12.3%, so, measured against the US, project coordinators cost less in the East South Dakota nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Project coordinators hold 3.0% of the jobs in these 15 roles in the East South Dakota nonmetro area, 3.0% across South Dakota and 7.2% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in South Dakota

Across the 4 areas of South Dakota with data for this job, the median runs from $74,700 in Rapid City to $84,190 in Sioux Falls, a gap of $9,490 a year. The one area in South Dakota with more project coordinators, Sioux Falls, SD-MN ($84,190), also pays more.

the East South Dakota nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the East South Dakota nonmetro area is #314 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside South Dakota, Amarillo and Lewiston pay just above the East South Dakota nonmetro area and Tallahassee and Morristown just below. All four are within $410 a year of the median in the East South Dakota nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many project coordinators, all three pay more.

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