Project Coordinator salary in the East Tennessee nonmetro area

Pay in the East Tennessee nonmetro area against Tennessee and the US

The middle half of project coordinators in the East Tennessee nonmetro area earns $66,560–$120,670. The top tenth earns $151,660 or more, 2.9 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.7 times. The mean ($97,200) is 9% 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 $54,110 wide, between the figure for Tennessee ($42,130) and the US figure ($54,660).

What to budget for a project coordinator here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $22,350 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $31,760, or about $40,981 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 East Tennessee nonmetro area, and the Tennessee statewide median of $85,890 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in the East Tennessee 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 $25,813 to the $88,910 median and brings it to $114,723 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 East Tennessee nonmetro area

Project coordinators have the highest median of the 17 roles we track in the East Tennessee nonmetro area; virtual receptionists have the lowest, at $32,760.

Measured against the US median, project coordinators rank #4 of the 17 roles we track in the East Tennessee nonmetro area (-13.1%), between e-commerce order specialists (-12.5%) and virtual receptionists (-13.8%). The typical role here is at -17.0%, so, measured against the US, project coordinators cost more in the East Tennessee nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Project coordinators hold 3.8% of the jobs in the 16 of these roles with a job count in the East Tennessee nonmetro area, 6.6% across Tennessee and 7.4% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Tennessee

Across the 14 areas of Tennessee with data for this job, the median runs from $77,580 in the West Tennessee nonmetro area to $91,690 in Knoxville, a gap of $14,110 a year. Of the 9 areas in Tennessee with more project coordinators than the East Tennessee nonmetro area, 8 pay less, the largest of them Nashville-Murfreesboro, TN ($85,990), Memphis, TN-MS ($85,130) and Chattanooga, TN-GA ($87,240).

the East Tennessee nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the East Tennessee nonmetro area is #323 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Tennessee, Wausau and Staunton-Stuarts Draft pay just above the East Tennessee nonmetro area and Goldsboro and Bismarck just below. All four are within $260 a year of the median in the East Tennessee nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many project coordinators, none pays as much.

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