Project Coordinator salary in the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area

Pay in the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area against Kentucky and the US

Project coordinators at the 90th percentile earn $121,750, 2.7 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.7. The middle half of project coordinators in the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area earns $57,200–$94,930. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $37,730 wide, against $40,730 across Kentucky and $54,660 nationally: employers in the South Central Kentucky 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 $21,080 a year in pay and about $27,200 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $16,650 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 South Central Kentucky nonmetro area, and the Kentucky statewide median of $81,700 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 South Central Kentucky 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 $21,440 to the $73,850 median and brings it to $95,290 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 South Central Kentucky nonmetro area

Project coordinators have the highest median of the 17 roles we track in the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area; virtual receptionists have the lowest, at $32,070.

Measured against the US median, project coordinators rank #16 of the 17 roles we track in the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area (-27.8%), between sales development representatives (-26.0%) and marketing specialists (-28.4%). The typical role here is at -20.1%, so, measured against the US, project coordinators cost less in the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Project coordinators hold 2.6% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area, 5.1% across Kentucky and 6.7% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Kentucky

Across the 10 areas of Kentucky with data for this job, the median runs from $73,850 in the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area to $84,520 in Lexington-Fayette, a gap of $10,670 a year. All 4 areas in Kentucky with more project coordinators than the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area also pay more, among them Louisville, KY-IN ($82,660) and Lexington-Fayette, KY ($84,520).

the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area is #268 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 Kentucky, Texarkana and Sebring pay just above the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area and Little Rock-North Little Rock and Hinesville just below. All four are within $800 a year of the median in the South Central Kentucky nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many project coordinators, all three pay more.

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