Project Coordinator salary in the Northwest Minnesota nonmetro area

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

The middle half of project coordinators in the Northwest Minnesota nonmetro area earns $76,360–$101,200. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $123,170, only 2.0 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 $24,840 wide, against $44,080 across Minnesota and $54,660 nationally: employers in the Northwest Minnesota nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a project coordinator here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $13,200 a year in pay and about $17,032 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $11,640 in pay. 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 Northwest Minnesota nonmetro area, and the Minnesota statewide median of $97,860 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 Northwest Minnesota nonmetro area

At the $88,000 median, a local hire costs about $113,548 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $25,548 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 Northwest Minnesota nonmetro area

Project coordinators have the highest median of the 16 roles we track in the Northwest Minnesota nonmetro area; virtual receptionists have the lowest, at $39,570.

Measured against the US median, project coordinators rank #14 of the 16 roles we track in the Northwest Minnesota nonmetro area (-14.0%), between accountants (-11.8%) and sales development representatives (-14.8%). The typical role here is at -1.8%, so, measured against the US, project coordinators cost less in the Northwest Minnesota nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Project coordinators hold 3.8% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the Northwest Minnesota nonmetro area, 6.5% across Minnesota and 6.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Minnesota

Across the 9 areas of Minnesota with data for this job, the median runs from $80,840 in the Southwest Minnesota nonmetro area to $106,270 in Rochester, a gap of $25,430 a year. The one area in Minnesota with more project coordinators, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI ($97,860), also pays more.

the Northwest Minnesota nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northwest Minnesota nonmetro area is #198 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Minnesota, Lebanon and Gettysburg pay just above the Northwest Minnesota nonmetro area and Sumter and Altoona just below. All four are within $340 a year of the median in the Northwest Minnesota nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many project coordinators, two pay more.

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