Project Coordinator salary in the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area

Pay in the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area against Idaho and the US

The middle half of project coordinators in the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area earns $65,950–$108,830. The top tenth earns $145,210 or more, 2.6 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.7 times. The mean ($92,420) 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 $42,880 wide, against $57,370 across Idaho and $54,660 nationally: employers in the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area 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 $26,110 over the median, the 25th only $16,770 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $33,690 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 Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area, and the Idaho statewide median of $95,630 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area

At the $82,720 median, a local hire costs about $106,735 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $24,015 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 Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area

Project coordinators have the highest median of the 16 roles we track in the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area; virtual receptionists have the lowest, at $36,290.

Measured against the US median, project coordinators rank #11 of the 16 roles we track in the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area (-19.2%), between customer support specialists (-18.8%) and paralegals (-19.8%). The typical role here is at -16.7%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Project coordinators hold 5.7% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area, 6.9% across Idaho and 6.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Idaho

Across the 8 areas of Idaho with data for this job, the median runs from $82,250 in Pocatello to $102,250 in Idaho Falls, a gap of $20,000 a year. All 3 areas in Idaho with more project coordinators than the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area also pay more, among them Boise City, ID ($98,580) and Idaho Falls, ID ($102,250).

the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area is #267 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 Idaho, Morristown and Tallahassee pay just above the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area and Fayetteville and Louisville just below. All four are within $60 a year of the median in the Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many project coordinators, two pay more.

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