Project Coordinator salary in Oklahoma City, OK

Pay in Oklahoma City against Oklahoma and the US

Project coordinators at the 90th percentile earn $153,970, 2.7 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.7. The middle half of project coordinators in Oklahoma City earns $70,730–$119,230. The mean ($95,730) is 12% 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 $48,500 wide, against $49,710 across Oklahoma and $54,660 nationally: employers in Oklahoma City 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 $33,830 over the median, the 25th only $14,670 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $43,652 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 Oklahoma City, and the Oklahoma statewide median of $86,240 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Oklahoma City

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 $24,794 to the $85,400 median and brings it to $110,194 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 Oklahoma City

Project coordinators have the highest median of the 17 roles we track in Oklahoma City; virtual receptionists have the lowest, at $35,040.

Measured against the US median, project coordinators rank #12 of the 17 roles we track in Oklahoma City (-16.5%), between medical administrative assistants (-15.4%) and recruiters (-16.8%). The typical role here is at -12.0%, so, measured against the US, project coordinators cost less in Oklahoma City than the area's general pay level would suggest. Project coordinators hold 7.6% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Oklahoma City, 6.4% across Oklahoma and 6.7% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Oklahoma

Across the 8 areas of Oklahoma with data for this job, the median runs from $72,590 in the Northeast Oklahoma nonmetro area to $97,700 in Enid, a gap of $25,110 a year. No other area in Oklahoma has as many project coordinators, and 3 of the other 7 pay less.

Oklahoma City against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Oklahoma City is #42 of 517 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, with pay near the middle of the US range. Outside Oklahoma, Lake Havasu City-Kingman and New Orleans-Metairie pay just above Oklahoma City and Amherst Town-Northampton and Columbia just below. All four are within $140 a year of the median in Oklahoma City. Of the three markets with about as many project coordinators, all three pay more.

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