Project Coordinator salary in Flagstaff, AZ

Pay in Flagstaff against Arizona and the US

The middle half of project coordinators in Flagstaff earns $63,940–$100,780. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $133,930, only 2.3 times the bottom tenth, against 2.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($91,200) is 17% 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 $36,840 wide, against $53,880 across Arizona and $54,660 nationally: employers in Flagstaff pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a project coordinator here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $22,840 over the median, the 25th only $14,000 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $29,471 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 75th and 90th percentiles in Flagstaff, and the Arizona statewide median of $99,050 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local project coordinators earn.

What a hire really costs in Flagstaff

At the $77,940 median, a local hire costs about $100,568 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $22,628 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 Flagstaff

Of the 16 roles we track in Flagstaff, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after accountants ($77,980); sales development representatives come next at $65,860.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 16 roles we track in Flagstaff (-23.8%); data entry specialists come first (+8.3%). The typical role here is at -7.9%, so, measured against the US, project coordinators cost less in Flagstaff than the area's general pay level would suggest. Project coordinators hold 6.1% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Flagstaff, 6.6% across Arizona and 6.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Arizona

Across the 8 areas of Arizona with data for this job, the median runs from $77,940 in Flagstaff to $100,780 in Phoenix-Mesa, a gap of $22,840 a year. All 2 areas in Arizona with more project coordinators than Flagstaff also pay more, among them Phoenix-Mesa, AZ ($100,780) and Tucson, AZ ($91,500).

Flagstaff against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Flagstaff is #327 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 Arizona, Springfield and Paducah pay just above Flagstaff and Joplin and Grand Island just below. All four are within $210 a year of the median in Flagstaff. Of the three markets with about as many project coordinators, all three pay more.

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