Project Coordinator salary in the Southern Michigan nonmetro area

Pay in the Southern Michigan nonmetro area against Michigan and the US

The middle half of project coordinators in the Southern Michigan nonmetro area earns $74,560–$124,610. The top tenth earns $150,640 or more, 2.6 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.7 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $50,050 wide, against $51,020 across Michigan and $54,660 nationally: employers in the Southern Michigan 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 $22,030 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $28,020, or about $36,155 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 Southern Michigan nonmetro area, and the Michigan statewide median of $100,970 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Southern Michigan nonmetro area

At the $96,590 median, a local hire costs about $124,632 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $28,042 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 Southern Michigan nonmetro area

Project coordinators have the highest median of the 17 roles we track in the Southern Michigan nonmetro area; virtual receptionists have the lowest, at $36,130.

Measured against the US median, project coordinators rank #6 of the 17 roles we track in the Southern Michigan nonmetro area (-5.6%), between data entry specialists (-5.4%) and e-commerce order specialists (-6.0%). The typical role here is at -9.3%, so, measured against the US, project coordinators cost more in the Southern Michigan nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Project coordinators hold 4.6% of the jobs in the 16 of these roles with a job count in the Southern Michigan nonmetro area, 6.3% across Michigan and 6.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Michigan

Across the 19 areas of Michigan with data for this job, the median runs from $80,840 in the Northern Michigan nonmetro area to $105,350 in Detroit-Warren, a gap of $24,510 a year. Of the 7 areas in Michigan with more project coordinators than the Southern Michigan nonmetro area, 3 pay less: Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI ($95,020), Flint, MI ($91,730) and the Mid Michigan nonmetro area ($84,830).

the Southern Michigan nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southern Michigan nonmetro area is #272 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Michigan, Cape Coral-Fort Myers and Winchester pay just above the Southern Michigan nonmetro area and Duluth and North Port-Bradenton just below. All four are within $220 a year of the median in the Southern Michigan nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many project coordinators, one pays more.

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