Project Coordinator salary in the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area

Pay in the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area against Oregon and the US

The middle half of project coordinators in the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area earns $70,140–$121,300. The top tenth earns $162,070 or more, 2.7 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.7 times. The mean ($99,150) 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 $51,160 wide, against $53,010 across Oregon and $54,660 nationally: employers in the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a project coordinator here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $21,610 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $29,550, or about $38,129 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 Eastern Oregon nonmetro area, and the Oregon statewide median of $105,480 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Eastern Oregon 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 $26,637 to the $91,750 median and brings it to $118,387 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 Eastern Oregon nonmetro area

Project coordinators have the highest median of the 15 roles we track in the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area; virtual receptionists have the lowest, at $38,560.

Measured against the US median, project coordinators rank #11 of the 15 roles we track in the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area (-10.3%), between recruiters (-9.5%) and executive assistants (-13.3%). The typical role here is at -4.5%, so, measured against the US, project coordinators cost less in the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Project coordinators hold 5.3% of the jobs in these 15 roles in the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area, 10.3% across Oregon and 6.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Oregon

Across the 11 areas of Oregon with data for this job, the median runs from $85,420 in Corvallis to $108,340 in Portland-Vancouver, a gap of $22,920 a year. Of the 7 areas in Oregon with more project coordinators than the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area, 2 pay less: Medford, OR ($91,030) and Corvallis, OR ($85,420).

the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area is #350 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Oregon, Scranton-Wilkes-Barre and San Antonio-New Braunfels pay just above the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area and Flint and Knoxville just below. All four are within $380 a year of the median in the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many project coordinators, one pays more.

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