Project Coordinator salary in the Northern Vermont nonmetro area

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

The middle half of project coordinators in the Northern Vermont nonmetro area earns $66,830–$97,050. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $112,910, only 1.8 times the bottom tenth, against 2.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($85,080) is 21% 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 only $30,220 wide, against $34,790 across Vermont and $54,660 nationally: employers in the Northern Vermont nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a project coordinator here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $26,850 over the median, the 25th only $3,370 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $34,645 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 75th and 90th percentiles in the Northern Vermont nonmetro area, and the Vermont statewide median of $80,800 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local project coordinators earn.

What a hire really costs in the Northern Vermont nonmetro area

At the $70,200 median, a local hire costs about $90,581 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $20,381 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 Vermont nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Northern Vermont nonmetro area, this one ranks #5 by median pay, between recruiters ($74,770) and executive assistants ($69,980). Marketing Specialist is the highest at $76,920.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 17 roles we track in the Northern Vermont nonmetro area (-31.4%); sales development representatives come first (+9.5%). The typical role here is at +1.8%, so, measured against the US, project coordinators cost less in the Northern Vermont nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Project coordinators hold 6.3% of the jobs in the 16 of these roles with a job count in the Northern Vermont nonmetro area, 5.0% across Vermont and 6.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Vermont

Across the 3 areas of Vermont with data for this job, the median runs from $70,200 in the Northern Vermont nonmetro area to $85,410 in Burlington-South Burlington, a gap of $15,210 a year. No other area in Vermont has as many project coordinators, and none of the others pays less.

the Northern Vermont nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northern Vermont nonmetro area is #247 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 Vermont, Laredo and Brownsville-Harlingen pay just above the Northern Vermont nonmetro area and McAllen-Edinburg and Eagle Pass just below. Of the three markets with about as many project coordinators, all three pay more.

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