Project Coordinator salary in the South Central Tennessee nonmetro area

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

The middle half of project coordinators in the South Central Tennessee nonmetro area earns $64,900–$107,600. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $133,430, only 2.4 times the bottom tenth, against 2.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($91,380) 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 $42,700 wide, between the figure for Tennessee ($42,130) and the US figure ($54,660).

What to budget for a project coordinator here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $26,010 over the median, the 25th only $16,690 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $33,561 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 South Central Tennessee nonmetro area, and the Tennessee statewide median of $85,890 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the South Central Tennessee 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 $23,687 to the $81,590 median and brings it to $105,277 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 Tennessee nonmetro area

Project coordinators have the highest median of the 17 roles we track in the South Central Tennessee nonmetro area; virtual receptionists have the lowest, at $30,720.

Measured against the US median, project coordinators rank #15 of the 17 roles we track in the South Central Tennessee nonmetro area (-20.3%), between administrative assistants (-19.6%) and marketing specialists (-27.6%). The typical role here is at -14.3%, so, measured against the US, project coordinators cost less in the South Central Tennessee nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Project coordinators hold 5.0% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the South Central Tennessee nonmetro area, 5.7% across Tennessee and 6.7% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Tennessee

Across the 14 areas of Tennessee with data for this job, the median runs from $77,580 in the West Tennessee nonmetro area to $91,690 in Knoxville, a gap of $14,110 a year. All 5 areas in Tennessee with more project coordinators than the South Central Tennessee nonmetro area also pay more, among them Nashville-Murfreesboro, TN ($85,990) and Knoxville, TN ($91,690).

the South Central Tennessee nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the South Central Tennessee nonmetro area is #249 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 Tennessee, Waterloo-Cedar Falls and Lima pay just above the South Central Tennessee nonmetro area and Sebastian-Vero Beach and Bowling Green just below. All four are within $290 a year of the median in the South Central Tennessee nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many project coordinators, all three pay more.

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