Project Coordinator salary in the North Georgia nonmetro area

Pay in the North Georgia nonmetro area against Georgia and the US

Pay is more spread out here than nationally: the top tenth earns $149,800 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 the North Georgia nonmetro area earns $60,280–$115,980. The mean ($90,230) 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 $55,700 wide, wider than in Georgia as a whole ($55,080) and the US ($54,660), so what a project coordinator earns in the North Georgia nonmetro area depends more on the employer.

What to budget for a project coordinator here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $38,430 over the median, the 25th only $17,270 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $49,587 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 the North Georgia nonmetro area, and the Georgia statewide median of $102,140 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the North Georgia nonmetro area

At the $77,550 median, a local hire costs about $100,065 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $22,515 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 the North Georgia nonmetro area

Project coordinators have the highest median of the 17 roles we track in the North Georgia nonmetro area; virtual receptionists have the lowest, at $35,800.

Measured against the US median, project coordinators rank #16 of the 17 roles we track in the North Georgia nonmetro area (-24.2%), between paralegals (-22.1%) and marketing specialists (-32.1%). The typical role here is at -14.9%, so, measured against the US, project coordinators cost less in the North Georgia nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Project coordinators hold 2.2% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the North Georgia nonmetro area, 5.6% across Georgia and 6.7% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Georgia

Across the 18 areas of Georgia with data for this job, the median runs from $73,320 in Hinesville to $116,980 in Warner Robins, a gap of $43,660 a year. All 9 areas in Georgia with more project coordinators than the North Georgia nonmetro area also pay more, among them Atlanta-Sandy Springs, GA ($103,400) and Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC ($101,280).

the North Georgia nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the North Georgia nonmetro area is #347 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 Georgia, Auburn-Opelika and Grand Island pay just above the North Georgia nonmetro area and Springfield and Myrtle Beach-Conway just below. All four are within $180 a year of the median in the North Georgia nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many project coordinators, two pay more.

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