Project Coordinator salary in the Northern Indiana nonmetro area

Pay in the Northern Indiana nonmetro area against Indiana and the US

The middle half of project coordinators in the Northern Indiana nonmetro area earns $75,420–$113,420. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $139,640, only 2.3 times the bottom tenth, against 2.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $38,000 wide, against $49,570 across Indiana and $54,660 nationally: employers in the Northern Indiana nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a project coordinator here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $21,320 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $16,680, or about $21,523 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 Northern Indiana nonmetro area, and the Indiana statewide median of $95,020 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in the Northern Indiana nonmetro area

At the $96,740 median, a local hire costs about $124,826 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $28,086 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 Northern Indiana nonmetro area

Project coordinators have the highest median of the 17 roles we track in the Northern Indiana nonmetro area; virtual receptionists have the lowest, at $35,000.

Measured against the US median, project coordinators rank #4 of the 17 roles we track in the Northern Indiana nonmetro area (-5.5%), between HR assistants (-5.4%) and e-commerce order specialists (-7.5%). The typical role here is at -12.1%, so, measured against the US, project coordinators cost more in the Northern Indiana nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Project coordinators hold 3.5% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Northern Indiana nonmetro area, 4.5% across Indiana and 6.7% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Indiana

Across the 15 areas of Indiana with data for this job, the median runs from $75,700 in the Central Indiana nonmetro area to $110,920 in Kokomo, a gap of $35,220 a year. Of the 3 areas in Indiana with more project coordinators than the Northern Indiana nonmetro area, 2 pay less: Fort Wayne, IN ($92,590) and Evansville, IN ($89,990).

the Northern Indiana nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northern Indiana nonmetro area is #244 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Indiana, Winchester and Spartanburg pay just above the Northern Indiana nonmetro area and Cape Coral-Fort Myers and Duluth just below. All four are within $190 a year of the median in the Northern Indiana nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many project coordinators, one pays more.

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