Project Coordinator salary in the Northwest Iowa nonmetro area

Pay in the Northwest Iowa nonmetro area against Iowa and the US

The middle half of project coordinators in the Northwest Iowa nonmetro area earns $67,800–$102,660. The top tenth earns $143,850 or more, 2.6 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.7 times. The mean ($122,170) is 50% 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 $34,860 wide, against $52,810 across Iowa and $54,660 nationally: employers in the Northwest Iowa 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 $21,450 over the median, the 25th only $13,410 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $27,677 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 Northwest Iowa nonmetro area, and the Iowa statewide median of $96,540 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Northwest Iowa 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 $23,577 to the $81,210 median and brings it to $104,787 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 Northwest Iowa nonmetro area

Project coordinators have the highest median of the 17 roles we track in the Northwest Iowa nonmetro area; virtual receptionists have the lowest, at $36,900.

Measured against the US median, project coordinators rank #13 of the 17 roles we track in the Northwest Iowa nonmetro area (-20.6%), between recruiters (-16.7%) and paralegals (-20.9%). The typical role here is at -10.0%, so, measured against the US, project coordinators cost less in the Northwest Iowa nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Project coordinators hold 3.4% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Northwest Iowa nonmetro area, 4.9% across Iowa and 6.7% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Iowa

Across the 12 areas of Iowa with data for this job, the median runs from $81,210 in the Northwest Iowa nonmetro area to $104,690 in Dubuque, a gap of $23,480 a year. All 5 areas in Iowa with more project coordinators than the Northwest Iowa nonmetro area also pay more, among them Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA ($101,150) and Cedar Rapids, IA ($93,760).

the Northwest Iowa nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northwest Iowa nonmetro area is #313 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 Iowa, Bowling Green and Jackson pay just above the Northwest Iowa nonmetro area and Muncie and Johnstown just below. All four are within $240 a year of the median in the Northwest Iowa nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many project coordinators, all three pay more.

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