Project Coordinator salary in the North Coast Region of California nonmetro area

Pay in the North Coast Region of California nonmetro area against California and the US

Pay is more spread out here than nationally: the top tenth earns $158,850 or more, 3.2 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 the North Coast Region of California nonmetro area earns $68,420–$123,180. The mean ($99,390) 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 $54,760 wide, between the figure for California ($70,230) and the US figure ($54,660).

What to budget for a project coordinator here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $22,790 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $31,970, or about $41,252 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 median and the 75th percentile in the North Coast Region of California nonmetro area, and the California statewide median of $120,910 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the North Coast Region of California nonmetro area

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 $26,480 to the $91,210 median and brings it to $117,690 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 the North Coast Region of California nonmetro area

Project coordinators have the highest median of the 16 roles we track in the North Coast Region of California nonmetro area; virtual receptionists have the lowest, at $43,730.

Measured against the US median, project coordinators rank #14 of the 16 roles we track in the North Coast Region of California nonmetro area (-10.9%), between accountants (-10.5%) and marketing specialists (-13.1%). The typical role here is at +5.9%, so, measured against the US, project coordinators cost less in the North Coast Region of California nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Project coordinators hold 5.5% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the North Coast Region of California nonmetro area, 6.9% across California and 6.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in California

Across the 28 areas of California with data for this job, the median runs from $86,540 in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area to $135,120 in San Jose-Sunnyvale, a gap of $48,580 a year. All 17 areas in California with more project coordinators than the North Coast Region of California nonmetro area also pay more, among them Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA ($108,310) and San Francisco-Oakland, CA ($135,040).

the North Coast Region of California nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the North Coast Region of California nonmetro area is #251 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside California, Tucson and Columbus pay just above the North Coast Region of California nonmetro area and Roanoke and Montgomery just below. All four are within $300 a year of the median in the North Coast Region of California nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many project coordinators, two pay more.

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