Project Coordinator salary in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton, SC

Pay in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton against South Carolina and the US

Project coordinators at the 90th percentile earn $136,860, 2.5 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.7. The middle half of project coordinators in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton earns $59,230–$103,580. The mean ($88,510) 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 $44,350 wide, against $52,520 across South Carolina and $54,660 nationally: employers in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a project coordinator here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $23,590 a year in pay and about $30,439 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $20,760 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 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton, and the South Carolina statewide median of $95,040 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton

At the $79,990 median, a local hire costs about $103,213 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $23,223 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 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton

Project coordinators have the highest median of the 16 roles we track in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton; virtual receptionists have the lowest, at $35,510.

Measured against the US median, project coordinators rank #15 of the 16 roles we track in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton (-21.8%), between executive assistants (-18.7%) and sales development representatives (-26.3%). The typical role here is at -10.3%, so, measured against the US, project coordinators cost less in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton than the area's general pay level would suggest. Project coordinators hold 6.2% of the jobs in the 15 of these roles with a job count in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton, 6.9% across South Carolina and 6.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in South Carolina

Across the 11 areas of South Carolina with data for this job, the median runs from $77,410 in Myrtle Beach-Conway to $96,810 in Spartanburg, a gap of $19,400 a year. Of the 5 areas in South Carolina with more project coordinators than Hilton Head Island-Bluffton, 1 pays less: Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC ($77,410).

Hilton Head Island-Bluffton against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Hilton Head Island-Bluffton is #199 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 South Carolina, Wichita Falls and Salisbury pay just above Hilton Head Island-Bluffton and Jefferson City and El Paso just below. All four are within $410 a year of the median in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton. Of the three markets with about as many project coordinators, one pays more.

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