Project Coordinator salary in the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area

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

The middle half of project coordinators in the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area earns $72,620–$117,820. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $134,940, only 2.4 times the bottom tenth, against 2.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $45,200 wide, against $47,130 across Wisconsin and $54,660 nationally: employers in the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a project coordinator here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $18,840 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $26,360, or about $34,013 once benefits are added. 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 Wisconsin nonmetro area, and the Wisconsin statewide median of $97,580 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area

At the $91,460 median, a local hire costs about $118,013 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $26,553 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 the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area

Project coordinators have the highest median of the 17 roles we track in the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area; data entry specialists have the lowest, at $37,960.

Measured against the US median, project coordinators rank #12 of the 17 roles we track in the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area (-10.6%), between office managers (-8.8%) and sales development representatives (-11.8%). The typical role here is at -7.6%, so, measured against the US, project coordinators cost less in the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Project coordinators hold 5.8% of the jobs in the 16 of these roles with a job count in the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area, 7.7% across Wisconsin and 6.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Wisconsin

Across the 17 areas of Wisconsin with data for this job, the median runs from $84,210 in Fond du Lac to $100,350 in Milwaukee-Waukesha, a gap of $16,140 a year. Of the 4 areas in Wisconsin with more project coordinators than the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area, 1 pays less: Green Bay, WI ($89,210).

the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area is #150 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Wisconsin, Tucson and Columbus pay just above the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area and Roanoke and Montgomery just below. All four are within $380 a year of the median in the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many project coordinators, all three pay more.

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