Project Coordinator salary in Kenosha, WI

Pay in Kenosha against Wisconsin and the US

Project coordinators at the 90th percentile earn $164,490, 2.7 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.7. The middle half of project coordinators in Kenosha earns $74,100–$124,400. The mean ($101,740) is 8% 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 $50,300 wide, between the figure for Wisconsin ($47,130) and the US figure ($54,660).

What to budget for a project coordinator here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $30,550 over the median, the 25th only $19,750 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $39,419 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 Kenosha, and the Wisconsin statewide median of $97,580 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Kenosha

At the $93,850 median, a local hire costs about $121,097 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $27,247 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 Kenosha

Project coordinators have the highest median of the 16 roles we track in Kenosha; data entry specialists have the lowest, at $35,430.

Measured against the US median, project coordinators rank #12 of the 16 roles we track in Kenosha (-8.3%), between sales development representatives (-8.0%) and marketing specialists (-10.2%). The typical role here is at -3.8%, so, measured against the US, project coordinators cost less in Kenosha than the area's general pay level would suggest. Project coordinators hold 5.0% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Kenosha, 7.7% across Wisconsin and 6.8% nationally. The job is a smaller 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. Of the 15 areas in Wisconsin with more project coordinators than Kenosha, 7 pay less, the largest of them Green Bay, WI ($89,210), the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area ($91,460) and Janesville-Beloit, WI ($92,280).

Kenosha against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Kenosha is #333 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Wisconsin, Eugene-Springfield and Florence-Muscle Shoals pay just above Kenosha and Cedar Rapids and Erie just below. All four are within $260 a year of the median in Kenosha. Of the three markets with about as many project coordinators, one pays more.

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