Project Coordinator salary in Kennewick-Richland, WA

Pay in Kennewick-Richland against Washington and the US

Project coordinators at the 90th percentile earn $182,850, 2.5 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.7. The middle half of project coordinators in Kennewick-Richland earns $91,180–$155,800. The mean ($124,550) is no higher than the median, so few high earners skew the figures here. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $64,620 wide, between the figure for Washington ($69,660) and the US figure ($54,660).

What to budget for a project coordinator here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $34,760 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $29,860, or about $38,529 once benefits are added. 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 25th percentile and the median in Kennewick-Richland, and the Washington statewide median of $124,160 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Kennewick-Richland

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 $36,563 to the $125,940 median and brings it to $162,503 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 Kennewick-Richland

Project coordinators have the highest median of the 16 roles we track in Kennewick-Richland; data entry specialists have the lowest, at $41,980.

Measured against the US median, this job is the best paid of the 16 roles we track in Kennewick-Richland (+23.1%); sales development representatives come last (-6.6%). The typical role here is at +7.1%, so, measured against the US, project coordinators cost more in Kennewick-Richland than the area's general pay level would suggest. Project coordinators hold 11.4% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Kennewick-Richland, 10.7% across Washington and 6.8% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Washington

Across the 13 areas of Washington with data for this job, the median runs from $95,580 in the Western Washington nonmetro area to $130,380 in Seattle-Tacoma, a gap of $34,800 a year. Of the 2 areas in Washington with more project coordinators than Kennewick-Richland, 1 pays less: Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA ($98,840).

Kennewick-Richland against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Kennewick-Richland is #109 of 517 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job and one of the better-paying ones. Outside Washington, New York-Newark and Washington-Arlington pay just above Kennewick-Richland and Sacramento-Roseville and Peoria just below. All four are within $2,210 a year of the median in Kennewick-Richland. Of the three markets with about as many project coordinators, none pays as much.

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