Project Coordinator salary in the Northwest Virginia nonmetro area

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

The middle half of project coordinators in the Northwest Virginia nonmetro area earns $68,080–$121,430. The top tenth earns $153,900 or more, 2.6 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.7 times. The mean ($97,660) is 11% 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 $53,350 wide, against $72,500 across Virginia and $54,660 nationally: employers in the Northwest Virginia 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 $33,310 over the median, the 25th only $20,040 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $42,981 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 Virginia nonmetro area, and the Virginia statewide median of $120,840 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Northwest Virginia 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 $25,583 to the $88,120 median and brings it to $113,703 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 Virginia nonmetro area

Project coordinators have the highest median of the 15 roles we track in the Northwest Virginia nonmetro area; virtual receptionists have the lowest, at $35,820.

Measured against the US median, project coordinators rank #10 of the 15 roles we track in the Northwest Virginia nonmetro area (-13.9%), between office managers (-12.7%) and customer support specialists (-16.4%). The typical role here is at -12.6%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Project coordinators hold 6.2% of the jobs in these 15 roles in the Northwest Virginia nonmetro area, 10.4% across Virginia and 6.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Virginia

Across the 13 areas of Virginia with data for this job, the median runs from $84,680 in Harrisonburg to $116,090 in the Northeast Virginia nonmetro area, a gap of $31,410 a year. Of the 11 areas in Virginia with more project coordinators than the Northwest Virginia nonmetro area, 3 pay less: Blacksburg-Christiansburg, VA ($85,070), Harrisonburg, VA ($84,680) and the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area ($87,870).

the Northwest Virginia nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northwest Virginia nonmetro area is #339 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Virginia, Provo-Orem and Prescott Valley-Prescott pay just above the Northwest Virginia nonmetro area and Gettysburg and Lebanon just below. All four are within $250 a year of the median in the Northwest Virginia nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many project coordinators, two pay more.

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