Project Coordinator salary in the Eastern New Mexico nonmetro area

Pay in the Eastern New Mexico nonmetro area against New Mexico and the US

Project coordinators at the 90th percentile earn $168,290, 2.8 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.7. The middle half of project coordinators in the Eastern New Mexico nonmetro area earns $71,440–$133,450. The mean ($106,030) is 13% 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 $62,010 wide, between the figure for New Mexico ($76,530) and the US figure ($54,660).

What to budget for a project coordinator here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $39,640 over the median, the 25th only $22,370 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $51,148 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 Eastern New Mexico nonmetro area, and the New Mexico statewide median of $106,970 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Eastern New Mexico nonmetro area

At the $93,810 median, a local hire costs about $121,045 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $27,235 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 Eastern New Mexico nonmetro area

Project coordinators have the highest median of the 15 roles we track in the Eastern New Mexico nonmetro area; virtual receptionists have the lowest, at $33,090.

Measured against the US median, project coordinators rank #6 of the 15 roles we track in the Eastern New Mexico nonmetro area (-8.3%), between accountants (-6.1%) and bookkeepers (-9.2%). The typical role here is at -9.9%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Project coordinators hold 3.9% of the jobs in these 15 roles in the Eastern New Mexico nonmetro area, 4.6% across New Mexico and 6.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in New Mexico

Across the 6 areas of New Mexico with data for this job, the median runs from $82,110 in Las Cruces to $157,300 in the Northern New Mexico nonmetro area, a gap of $75,190 a year. All 2 areas in New Mexico with more project coordinators than the Eastern New Mexico nonmetro area also pay more, among them Albuquerque, NM ($106,730) and the Northern New Mexico nonmetro area ($157,300).

the Eastern New Mexico nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Eastern New Mexico nonmetro area is #193 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside New Mexico, Kenosha and Eugene-Springfield pay just above the Eastern New Mexico nonmetro area and Cedar Rapids and Erie just below. All four are within $220 a year of the median in the Eastern New Mexico nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many project coordinators, one pays more.

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