Project Coordinator salary in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA

Pay in Kingsport-Bristol against Tennessee and the US

Project coordinators at the 90th percentile earn $130,010, 2.5 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.7. The middle half of project coordinators in Kingsport-Bristol earns $66,500–$104,590. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $38,090 wide, against $42,130 across Tennessee and $54,660 nationally: employers in Kingsport-Bristol pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a project coordinator here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $17,300 a year in pay and about $22,323 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $20,790 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 Kingsport-Bristol, and the Tennessee statewide median of $85,890 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Kingsport-Bristol

At the $87,290 median, a local hire costs about $112,632 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $25,342 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 Kingsport-Bristol

Project coordinators have the highest median of the 17 roles we track in Kingsport-Bristol; virtual receptionists have the lowest, at $33,940.

Measured against the US median, project coordinators rank #8 of the 17 roles we track in Kingsport-Bristol (-14.7%), between paralegals (-13.8%) and data entry specialists (-14.9%). The typical role here is at -14.9%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Project coordinators hold 4.8% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Kingsport-Bristol, 5.7% across Tennessee and 6.7% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Tennessee

Across the 14 areas of Tennessee with data for this job, the median runs from $77,580 in the West Tennessee nonmetro area to $91,690 in Knoxville, a gap of $14,110 a year. Of the 4 areas in Tennessee with more project coordinators than Kingsport-Bristol, 3 pay less: Nashville-Murfreesboro, TN ($85,990), Memphis, TN-MS ($85,130) and Chattanooga, TN-GA ($87,240).

Kingsport-Bristol against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Kingsport-Bristol is #200 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Tennessee, Florence and Altoona pay just above Kingsport-Bristol and Minot and Coeur d'Alene just below. All four are within $370 a year of the median in Kingsport-Bristol. Of the three markets with about as many project coordinators, none pays as much.

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