Project Coordinator salary in Lexington-Fayette, KY

Pay in Lexington-Fayette against Kentucky and the US

The middle half of project coordinators in Lexington-Fayette earns $66,280–$105,690. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $134,240, only 2.4 times the bottom tenth, against 2.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($91,950) is 9% 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 $39,410 wide, against $40,730 across Kentucky and $54,660 nationally: employers in Lexington-Fayette pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a project coordinator here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $21,170 a year in pay and about $27,316 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $18,240 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 Lexington-Fayette, and the Kentucky statewide median of $81,700 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Lexington-Fayette

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 $24,538 to the $84,520 median and brings it to $109,058 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 Lexington-Fayette

Project coordinators have the highest median of the 17 roles we track in Lexington-Fayette; virtual receptionists have the lowest, at $33,970.

Measured against the US median, project coordinators rank #16 of the 17 roles we track in Lexington-Fayette (-17.4%), between marketing specialists (-17.1%) and sales development representatives (-27.6%). The typical role here is at -7.8%, so, measured against the US, project coordinators cost less in Lexington-Fayette than the area's general pay level would suggest. Project coordinators hold 6.7% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Lexington-Fayette, 5.1% across Kentucky and 6.7% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Kentucky

Across the 10 areas of Kentucky with data for this job, the median runs from $73,850 in the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area to $84,520 in Lexington-Fayette, a gap of $10,670 a year. The one area in Kentucky with more project coordinators, Louisville, KY-IN ($82,660), pays less: a bigger pool at a lower median.

Lexington-Fayette against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Lexington-Fayette is #76 of 517 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, with pay near the middle of the US range. Outside Kentucky, Daphne-Fairhope and Sierra Vista-Douglas pay just above Lexington-Fayette and Missoula and Fond du Lac just below. All four are within $310 a year of the median in Lexington-Fayette. Of the three markets with about as many project coordinators, one pays more.

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