Project Coordinator salary in the Northeast Virginia nonmetro area

Pay in the Northeast Virginia nonmetro area against Virginia and the US

Project coordinators at the 90th percentile earn $174,550, 2.8 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.7. The middle half of project coordinators in the Northeast Virginia nonmetro area earns $78,480–$156,380. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $77,900 wide, wider than in Virginia as a whole ($72,500) and the US ($54,660), so what a project coordinator earns in the Northeast Virginia nonmetro area depends more on the employer.

What to budget for a project coordinator here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $37,610 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $40,290, or about $51,987 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 25th percentile and the median in the Northeast Virginia nonmetro area, and the Virginia statewide median of $120,840 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in the Northeast Virginia nonmetro area

At the $116,090 median, a local hire costs about $149,794 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $33,704 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 Northeast Virginia nonmetro area

Project coordinators have the highest median of the 14 roles we track in the Northeast Virginia nonmetro area; virtual receptionists have the lowest, at $34,940.

Measured against the US median, this job is the best paid of the 14 roles we track in the Northeast Virginia nonmetro area (+13.5%); customer support specialists come last (-19.9%). The typical role here is at -6.7%, so, measured against the US, project coordinators cost more in the Northeast Virginia nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Project coordinators hold 8.9% of the jobs in these 14 roles in the Northeast Virginia nonmetro area, 10.4% across Virginia and 6.8% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Virginia

Across the 13 areas of Virginia with data for this job, the median runs from $84,680 in Harrisonburg to $116,090 in the Northeast Virginia nonmetro area, a gap of $31,410 a year. All 6 areas in Virginia with more project coordinators than the Northeast Virginia nonmetro area pay less, among them Richmond, VA ($102,170) and Virginia Beach-Chesapeake, VA-NC ($104,920).

the Northeast Virginia nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northeast Virginia nonmetro area is #316 of 517 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside Virginia, Denver-Aurora and Warner Robins pay just above the Northeast Virginia nonmetro area and Boston-Cambridge and Trenton-Princeton just below. Of the three markets with about as many project coordinators, none pays as much.

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