Project Coordinator salary in Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN

Pay in Lafayette-West Lafayette against Indiana and the US

Project coordinators at the 90th percentile earn $130,150, 2.5 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.7. The middle half of project coordinators in Lafayette-West Lafayette earns $68,760–$108,750. The mean ($91,250) is 10% 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 $39,990 wide, against $49,570 across Indiana and $54,660 nationally: employers in Lafayette-West Lafayette 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 $25,420 over the median, the 25th only $14,570 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $32,800 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 Lafayette-West Lafayette, and the Indiana statewide median of $95,020 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Lafayette-West Lafayette

At the $83,330 median, a local hire costs about $107,523 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $24,193 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 Lafayette-West Lafayette

Project coordinators have the highest median of the 16 roles we track in Lafayette-West Lafayette; virtual receptionists have the lowest, at $35,110.

Measured against the US median, project coordinators rank #14 of the 16 roles we track in Lafayette-West Lafayette (-18.6%), between recruiters (-15.5%) and marketing specialists (-18.6%). The typical role here is at -8.2%, so, measured against the US, project coordinators cost less in Lafayette-West Lafayette than the area's general pay level would suggest. Project coordinators hold 3.9% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Lafayette-West Lafayette, 4.5% across Indiana and 6.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Indiana

Across the 15 areas of Indiana with data for this job, the median runs from $75,700 in the Central Indiana nonmetro area to $110,920 in Kokomo, a gap of $35,220 a year. Of the 8 areas in Indiana with more project coordinators than Lafayette-West Lafayette, 2 pay less: the Southern Indiana nonmetro area ($80,990) and the Central Indiana nonmetro area ($75,700).

Lafayette-West Lafayette against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Lafayette-West Lafayette is #342 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Indiana, Muskegon-Norton Shores and Burlington pay just above Lafayette-West Lafayette and Lewiston and Amarillo just below. All four are within $120 a year of the median in Lafayette-West Lafayette. Of the three markets with about as many project coordinators, one pays more.

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