Project Coordinator salary in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks, CA

Pay in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks against California and the US

Project coordinators at the 90th percentile earn $168,280, 2.6 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.7. The middle half of project coordinators in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks earns $79,950–$136,370. The mean ($114,160) is 9% 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 $56,420 wide, between the figure for California ($70,230) and the US figure ($54,660).

What to budget for a project coordinator here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $31,380 a year in pay and about $40,490 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $25,040 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 25th percentile and the median in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks, and the California statewide median of $120,910 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks

At the $104,990 median, a local hire costs about $135,471 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $30,481 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 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks

Project coordinators have the highest median of the 17 roles we track in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks; virtual receptionists have the lowest, at $43,610.

Measured against the US median, project coordinators rank #14 of the 17 roles we track in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks (+2.6%), between payroll specialists (+5.2%) and marketing specialists (+1.7%). The typical role here is at +8.0%, so, measured against the US, project coordinators cost less in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks than the area's general pay level would suggest. Project coordinators hold 5.5% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks, 6.9% across California and 6.7% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in California

Across the 28 areas of California with data for this job, the median runs from $86,540 in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area to $135,120 in San Jose-Sunnyvale, a gap of $48,580 a year. Of the 7 areas in California with more project coordinators than Oxnard-Thousand Oaks, 2 pay less: Riverside-San Bernardino, CA ($100,770) and Fresno, CA ($101,030).

Oxnard-Thousand Oaks against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Oxnard-Thousand Oaks is #91 of 517 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job and one of the better-paying ones. Outside California, Charlotte-Concord and Chicago-Naperville pay just above Oxnard-Thousand Oaks and Virginia Beach-Chesapeake and Durham-Chapel Hill just below. All four are within $330 a year of the median in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks. Of the three markets with about as many project coordinators, none pays as much.

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