Project Coordinator salary in the Eastern Region of Texas nonmetro area

Pay in the Eastern Region of Texas nonmetro area against Texas and the US

The middle half of project coordinators in the Eastern Region of Texas nonmetro area earns $59,870–$102,660. The top tenth earns $133,440 or more, 2.8 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.7 times. The mean ($85,750) is 11% 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 $42,790 wide, against $54,560 across Texas and $54,660 nationally: employers in the Eastern Region of Texas 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 $17,400 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $25,390, or about $32,761 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 Region of Texas nonmetro area, and the Texas statewide median of $98,440 falls there too.

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

At the $77,270 median, a local hire costs about $99,703 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $22,433 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 Region of Texas nonmetro area

Project coordinators have the highest median of the 17 roles we track in the Eastern Region of Texas nonmetro area; virtual receptionists have the lowest, at $30,960.

Measured against the US median, project coordinators rank #15 of the 17 roles we track in the Eastern Region of Texas nonmetro area (-24.5%), between recruiters (-21.3%) and payroll specialists (-24.5%). The typical role here is at -16.9%, so, measured against the US, project coordinators cost less in the Eastern Region of Texas nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Project coordinators hold 4.9% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Eastern Region of Texas nonmetro area, 8.8% across Texas and 6.7% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

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 21 areas in Texas with more project coordinators than the Eastern Region of Texas nonmetro area, 4 pay less, the largest of them McAllen-Edinburg, TX ($69,910), College Station-Bryan, TX ($76,380) and Lubbock, TX ($77,110).

the Eastern Region of Texas nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Eastern Region of Texas nonmetro area is #214 of 517 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Texas, Myrtle Beach-Conway and Springfield pay just above the Eastern Region of Texas nonmetro area and Elizabethtown and Youngstown-Warren just below. All four are within $220 a year of the median in the Eastern Region of Texas nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many project coordinators, all three pay more.

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