Project Coordinator salary in McAllen-Edinburg, TX

Pay in McAllen-Edinburg against Texas and the US

Pay is more spread out here than nationally: the top tenth earns $126,750 or more, 3.1 times the bottom tenth, against 2.7 times across the US. Two offers for the same title can sit far apart. The middle half of project coordinators in McAllen-Edinburg earns $49,200–$95,530. The mean ($77,280) is 11% 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 $46,330 wide, against $54,560 across Texas and $54,660 nationally: employers in McAllen-Edinburg pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a project coordinator here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $25,620 a year in pay and about $33,058 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $20,710 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 75th and 90th percentiles in McAllen-Edinburg, and the Texas statewide median of $98,440 falls there too. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local project coordinators earn.

What a hire really costs in McAllen-Edinburg

At the $69,910 median, a local hire costs about $90,206 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $20,296 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 McAllen-Edinburg

Project coordinators have the highest median of the 17 roles we track in McAllen-Edinburg; virtual receptionists have the lowest, at $28,530.

Measured against the US median, project coordinators rank #16 of the 17 roles we track in McAllen-Edinburg (-31.7%), between payroll specialists (-30.0%) and marketing specialists (-38.6%). The typical role here is at -21.6%, so, measured against the US, project coordinators cost less in McAllen-Edinburg than the area's general pay level would suggest. Project coordinators hold 3.8% of the jobs in these 17 roles in McAllen-Edinburg, 8.8% across Texas and 6.7% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Texas

Across the 32 areas of Texas with data for this job, the median runs from $69,550 in Eagle Pass to $102,390 in Austin-Round Rock, a gap of $32,840 a year. All 8 areas in Texas with more project coordinators than McAllen-Edinburg also pay more, among them Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ($98,900) and Houston-Pasadena, TX ($99,510).

McAllen-Edinburg against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, McAllen-Edinburg is #121 of 517 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, yet its pay sits in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Texas, Hinesville and Little Rock-North Little Rock pay just above McAllen-Edinburg and Hot Springs and Jonesboro just below. Of the three markets with about as many project coordinators, all three pay more.

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