Project Coordinator salary in the Northern New Mexico nonmetro area

Pay in the Northern New Mexico nonmetro area against New Mexico and the US

The middle half of project coordinators in the Northern New Mexico nonmetro area earns $125,220–$157,300. The top tenth earns $195,270 or more, 2.5 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.7 times. The mean ($141,950) is no higher than the median, so few high earners skew the figures here. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $32,080 wide, against $76,530 across New Mexico and $54,660 nationally: employers in the Northern New Mexico 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 $32,080 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $0, or about $0 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 10th and 25th percentiles in the Northern New Mexico nonmetro area, and the New Mexico statewide median of $106,970 falls there too. An offer at the national rate would be lower than what three quarters of local project coordinators earn.

What a hire really costs in the Northern New Mexico 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 $45,668 to the $157,300 median and brings it to $202,968 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 Northern New Mexico nonmetro area

Project coordinators have the highest median of the 15 roles we track in the Northern New Mexico nonmetro area; virtual receptionists have the lowest, at $34,930.

Measured against the US median, this job is the best paid of the 15 roles we track in the Northern New Mexico nonmetro area (+53.7%); customer support specialists come last (-17.6%). The typical role here is at -5.9%, so, measured against the US, project coordinators cost more in the Northern New Mexico nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Project coordinators hold 7.1% of the jobs in these 15 roles in the Northern New Mexico nonmetro area, 4.6% across New Mexico and 6.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in New Mexico

Across the 6 areas of New Mexico with data for this job, the median runs from $82,110 in Las Cruces to $157,300 in the Northern New Mexico nonmetro area, a gap of $75,190 a year. The one area in New Mexico with more project coordinators, Albuquerque, NM ($106,730), pays less: a bigger pool at a lower median.

the Northern New Mexico nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northern New Mexico nonmetro area is #189 of 517 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. No US metro area pays project coordinators more than the Northern New Mexico nonmetro area; the table shows the next highest outside New Mexico. Of the three markets with about as many project coordinators, none pays as much.

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