Project Coordinator salary in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS

Pay in Gulfport-Biloxi against Mississippi and the US

Project coordinators at the 90th percentile earn $146,890, 2.9 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.7. The middle half of project coordinators in Gulfport-Biloxi earns $62,850–$117,760. The mean ($94,600) is 12% 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 $54,910 wide, wider than in Mississippi as a whole ($40,630) and the US ($54,660), so what a project coordinator earns in Gulfport-Biloxi depends more on the employer.

What to budget for a project coordinator here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $33,560 over the median, the 25th only $21,350 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $43,303 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 Gulfport-Biloxi, and the Mississippi statewide median of $78,870 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Gulfport-Biloxi

At the $84,200 median, a local hire costs about $108,645 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $24,445 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 Gulfport-Biloxi

Project coordinators have the highest median of the 17 roles we track in Gulfport-Biloxi; virtual receptionists have the lowest, at $32,220.

Measured against the US median, project coordinators rank #9 of the 17 roles we track in Gulfport-Biloxi (-17.7%), between customer support specialists (-16.1%) and medical administrative assistants (-18.5%). The typical role here is at -17.7%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Project coordinators hold 4.1% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Gulfport-Biloxi and 6.7% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Mississippi

Across the 7 areas of Mississippi with data for this job, the median runs from $77,120 in the West Delta Mississippi nonmetro area to $99,510 in the Lower West Mississippi nonmetro area, a gap of $22,390 a year. All 2 areas in Mississippi with more project coordinators than Gulfport-Biloxi pay less, among them Jackson, MS ($78,150) and the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area ($78,640).

Gulfport-Biloxi against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Gulfport-Biloxi is #210 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Mississippi, Fond du Lac and Missoula pay just above Gulfport-Biloxi and Sioux Falls and Gainesville just below. All four are within $230 a year of the median in Gulfport-Biloxi. Of the three markets with about as many project coordinators, all three pay more.

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