Project Coordinator salary in Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY

Pay in Huntington-Ashland against West Virginia and the US

The middle half of project coordinators in Huntington-Ashland earns $59,730–$110,490. The top tenth earns $136,880 or more, 2.9 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.7 times. The mean ($88,650) 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 $50,760 wide, against $59,680 across West Virginia and $54,660 nationally: employers in Huntington-Ashland 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 $30,900 over the median, the 25th only $19,860 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $39,871 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 Huntington-Ashland, and the West Virginia statewide median of $91,780 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Huntington-Ashland

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 $23,107 to the $79,590 median and brings it to $102,697 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 Huntington-Ashland

Project coordinators have the highest median of the 16 roles we track in Huntington-Ashland; virtual receptionists have the lowest, at $31,890.

Measured against the US median, project coordinators rank #13 of the 16 roles we track in Huntington-Ashland (-22.2%), between recruiters (-21.2%) and executive assistants (-23.4%). The typical role here is at -18.9%, so, measured against the US, project coordinators cost less in Huntington-Ashland than the area's general pay level would suggest. Project coordinators hold 4.0% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Huntington-Ashland, 4.3% across West Virginia and 6.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in West Virginia

Across the 9 areas of West Virginia with data for this job, the median runs from $74,730 in the Southern West Virginia nonmetro area to $98,470 in Parkersburg-Vienna, a gap of $23,740 a year. No other area in West Virginia has as many project coordinators, and 2 of the other 8 pay less.

Huntington-Ashland against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Huntington-Ashland is #213 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 West Virginia, Clarksville and Shreveport-Bossier City pay just above Huntington-Ashland and Winston-Salem and Kahului-Wailuku just below. All four are within $300 a year of the median in Huntington-Ashland. Of the three markets with about as many project coordinators, all three pay more.

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