Project Coordinator salary in Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC

Pay in Myrtle Beach-Conway against South Carolina and the US

Project coordinators at the 90th percentile earn $124,710, 2.5 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.7. The middle half of project coordinators in Myrtle Beach-Conway earns $62,970–$98,380. The mean ($83,750) is 8% 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 $35,410 wide, against $52,520 across South Carolina and $54,660 nationally: employers in Myrtle Beach-Conway pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a project coordinator here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $14,440 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $20,970, or about $27,058 once benefits are added. 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 Myrtle Beach-Conway, and the South Carolina statewide median of $95,040 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 Myrtle Beach-Conway

At the $77,410 median, a local hire costs about $99,884 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $22,474 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 Myrtle Beach-Conway

Project coordinators have the highest median of the 16 roles we track in Myrtle Beach-Conway; virtual receptionists have the lowest, at $34,130.

Measured against the US median, project coordinators rank #14 of the 16 roles we track in Myrtle Beach-Conway (-24.3%), between paralegals (-21.6%) and sales development representatives (-26.0%). The typical role here is at -15.0%, so, measured against the US, project coordinators cost less in Myrtle Beach-Conway than the area's general pay level would suggest. Project coordinators hold 4.5% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Myrtle Beach-Conway, 6.8% across South Carolina and 6.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in South Carolina

Across the 11 areas of South Carolina with data for this job, the median runs from $77,410 in Myrtle Beach-Conway to $96,810 in Spartanburg, a gap of $19,400 a year. All 4 areas in South Carolina with more project coordinators than Myrtle Beach-Conway also pay more, among them Greenville-Anderson, SC ($94,780) and Charleston-North Charleston, SC ($94,730).

Myrtle Beach-Conway against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Myrtle Beach-Conway is #177 of 517 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside South Carolina, Springfield and Auburn-Opelika pay just above Myrtle Beach-Conway and Elizabethtown and Youngstown-Warren just below. All four are within $280 a year of the median in Myrtle Beach-Conway. Of the three markets with about as many project coordinators, all three pay more.

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