Project Coordinator salary in Lincoln, NE

Pay in Lincoln against Nebraska and the US

The middle half of project coordinators in Lincoln earns $55,290–$87,060. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $114,010, only 2.3 times the bottom tenth, against 2.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($74,910) is 16% 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 $31,770 wide, against $40,430 across Nebraska and $54,660 nationally: employers in Lincoln 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 $22,350 over the median, the 25th only $9,420 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $28,839 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 75th and 90th percentiles in Lincoln, and the Nebraska statewide median of $80,150 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local project coordinators earn.

What a hire really costs in Lincoln

At the $64,710 median, a local hire costs about $83,497 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,787 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 Lincoln

Of the 17 roles we track in Lincoln, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($65,170) and recruiters ($63,280). Executive Assistant is the highest at $65,410.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 17 roles we track in Lincoln (-36.8%); payroll specialists come first (+3.5%). The typical role here is at -8.6%, so, measured against the US, project coordinators cost less in Lincoln than the area's general pay level would suggest. Project coordinators hold 5.1% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Lincoln, 3.2% across Nebraska and 6.7% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Nebraska

Across the 6 areas of Nebraska with data for this job, the median runs from $64,710 in Lincoln to $94,600 in the Northwest Nebraska nonmetro area, a gap of $29,890 a year. The one area in Nebraska with more project coordinators, Omaha, NE-IA ($82,460), also pays more.

Lincoln against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Lincoln is #133 of 517 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. No US metro area pays project coordinators less than Lincoln; the table shows the next lowest outside Nebraska. Of the three markets with about as many project coordinators, all three pay more.

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