Project Coordinator salary in Fond du Lac, WI

Pay in Fond du Lac against Wisconsin and the US

The middle half of project coordinators in Fond du Lac earns $71,170–$109,920. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $127,970, only 2.1 times the bottom tenth, against 2.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($92,350) is 10% 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 $38,750 wide, against $47,130 across Wisconsin and $54,660 nationally: employers in Fond du Lac 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 $25,710 over the median, the 25th only $13,040 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $33,174 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 Fond du Lac, and the Wisconsin statewide median of $97,580 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Fond du Lac

At the $84,210 median, a local hire costs about $108,658 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $24,448 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 Fond du Lac

Project coordinators have the highest median of the 14 roles we track in Fond du Lac; virtual receptionists have the lowest, at $40,390.

Measured against the US median, project coordinators rank #12 of the 14 roles we track in Fond du Lac (-17.7%), between executive assistants (-15.9%) and marketing specialists (-20.8%). The typical role here is at -5.5%, so, measured against the US, project coordinators cost less in Fond du Lac than the area's general pay level would suggest. Project coordinators hold 9.0% of the jobs in these 14 roles in Fond du Lac, 7.8% across Wisconsin and 6.8% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Wisconsin

Across the 17 areas of Wisconsin with data for this job, the median runs from $84,210 in Fond du Lac to $100,350 in Milwaukee-Waukesha, a gap of $16,140 a year. All 14 areas in Wisconsin with more project coordinators than Fond du Lac also pay more, among them Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI ($100,350) and Madison, WI ($98,990).

Fond du Lac against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Fond du Lac is #317 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Wisconsin, Missoula and Lexington-Fayette pay just above Fond du Lac and Gulfport-Biloxi and Sioux Falls just below. All four are within $310 a year of the median in Fond du Lac. Of the three markets with about as many project coordinators, one pays more.

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