Project Coordinator salary in Fayetteville-Springdale, AR

Pay in Fayetteville-Springdale against Arkansas and the US

Project coordinators at the 90th percentile earn $134,500, 2.5 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.7. The middle half of project coordinators in Fayetteville-Springdale earns $63,930–$106,380. The mean ($89,300) 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 $42,450 wide, against $46,040 across Arkansas and $54,660 nationally: employers in Fayetteville-Springdale pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a project coordinator here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $24,070 a year in pay and about $31,058 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $18,380 in pay. 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 Fayetteville-Springdale, and the Arkansas statewide median of $77,170 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Fayetteville-Springdale

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 $23,896 to the $82,310 median and brings it to $106,206 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 Fayetteville-Springdale

Of the 17 roles we track in Fayetteville-Springdale, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after marketing specialists ($83,000); accountants come next at $77,190.

Measured against the US median, project coordinators rank #13 of the 17 roles we track in Fayetteville-Springdale (-19.6%), between payroll specialists (-19.5%) and paralegals (-21.6%). The typical role here is at -12.6%, so, measured against the US, project coordinators cost less in Fayetteville-Springdale than the area's general pay level would suggest. Project coordinators hold 7.7% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Fayetteville-Springdale, 5.2% across Arkansas and 6.7% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Arkansas

Across the 9 areas of Arkansas with data for this job, the median runs from $66,430 in Jonesboro to $82,310 in Fayetteville-Springdale, a gap of $15,880 a year. No other area in Arkansas has as many project coordinators, and all 8 others pay less.

Fayetteville-Springdale against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Fayetteville-Springdale is #77 of 517 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, yet its pay sits in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Arkansas, Athens-Clarke County and Omaha pay just above Fayetteville-Springdale and Pocatello and Abilene just below. All four are within $150 a year of the median in Fayetteville-Springdale. Of the three markets with about as many project coordinators, two pay more.

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