Project Coordinator salary in Nashville-Murfreesboro, TN

Pay in Nashville-Murfreesboro against Tennessee and the US

The middle half of project coordinators in Nashville-Murfreesboro earns $71,020–$110,390. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $136,470, only 2.4 times the bottom tenth, against 2.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($93,900) 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 $39,370 wide, against $42,130 across Tennessee and $54,660 nationally: employers in Nashville-Murfreesboro 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 $24,400 over the median, the 25th only $14,970 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $31,484 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 Nashville-Murfreesboro, and the Tennessee statewide median of $85,890 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Nashville-Murfreesboro

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 $24,965 to the $85,990 median and brings it to $110,955 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 Nashville-Murfreesboro

Project coordinators have the highest median of the 17 roles we track in Nashville-Murfreesboro; virtual receptionists have the lowest, at $36,810.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 17 roles we track in Nashville-Murfreesboro (-16.0%); data entry specialists come first (+7.6%). The typical role here is at -3.3%, so, measured against the US, project coordinators cost less in Nashville-Murfreesboro than the area's general pay level would suggest. Project coordinators hold 6.0% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Nashville-Murfreesboro, 5.7% across Tennessee and 6.7% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Tennessee

Across the 14 areas of Tennessee with data for this job, the median runs from $77,580 in the West Tennessee nonmetro area to $91,690 in Knoxville, a gap of $14,110 a year. No other area in Tennessee has as many project coordinators, and 9 of the other 13 pay less.

Nashville-Murfreesboro against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Nashville-Murfreesboro is #29 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 Tennessee, Elkhart-Goshen and Baton Rouge pay just above Nashville-Murfreesboro and Longview and Billings just below. All four are within $660 a year of the median in Nashville-Murfreesboro. Of the three markets with about as many project coordinators, all three pay more.

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