Project Coordinator salary in the Southwest New York nonmetro area

Pay in the Southwest New York nonmetro area against New York and the US

The middle half of project coordinators in the Southwest New York nonmetro area earns $79,520–$144,140. The top tenth earns $171,080 or more, 2.7 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.7 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $64,620 wide, between the figure for New York ($68,560) and the US figure ($54,660).

What to budget for a project coordinator here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $37,170 a year in pay and about $47,961 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $27,450 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 25th percentile and the median in the Southwest New York nonmetro area, and the New York statewide median of $121,040 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in the Southwest New York 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 $31,056 to the $106,970 median and brings it to $138,026 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 Southwest New York nonmetro area

Project coordinators have the highest median of the 17 roles we track in the Southwest New York nonmetro area; data entry specialists have the lowest, at $36,510.

Measured against the US median, project coordinators rank #2 of the 17 roles we track in the Southwest New York nonmetro area (+4.5%), between e-commerce order specialists (+6.8%) and virtual receptionists (-1.5%). The typical role here is at -6.2%, so, measured against the US, project coordinators cost more in the Southwest New York nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Project coordinators hold 4.8% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Southwest New York nonmetro area, 6.2% across New York and 6.7% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in New York

Across the 16 areas of New York with data for this job, the median runs from $96,250 in Elmira to $126,660 in New York-Newark, a gap of $30,410 a year. Of the 6 areas in New York with more project coordinators than the Southwest New York nonmetro area, 4 pay less, the largest of them Rochester, NY ($103,520), Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY ($101,180) and Syracuse, NY ($105,390).

the Southwest New York nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southwest New York nonmetro area is #171 of 517 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside New York, Santa Rosa-Petaluma and Yuba City pay just above the Southwest New York nonmetro area and Santa Cruz-Watsonville and Wenatchee-East Wenatchee just below. All four are within $1,220 a year of the median in the Southwest New York nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many project coordinators, none pays as much.

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