Project Coordinator salary in the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area

Pay in the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area against Virginia and the US

Project coordinators at the 90th percentile earn $157,720, 2.9 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.7. The middle half of project coordinators in the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area earns $63,390–$124,570. The mean ($96,940) is 10% 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 $61,180 wide, between the figure for Virginia ($72,500) and the US figure ($54,660).

What to budget for a project coordinator here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $24,480 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $36,700, or about $47,355 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 Southwest Virginia nonmetro area, and the Virginia statewide median of $120,840 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area

At the $87,870 median, a local hire costs about $113,381 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $25,511 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 Southwest Virginia nonmetro area

Project coordinators have the highest median of the 17 roles we track in the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area; data entry specialists have the lowest, at $33,070.

Measured against the US median, project coordinators rank #7 of the 17 roles we track in the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area (-14.1%), between HR assistants (-8.5%) and administrative assistants (-14.8%). The typical role here is at -14.8%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Project coordinators hold 3.7% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area, 10.3% across Virginia and 6.7% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Virginia

Across the 13 areas of Virginia with data for this job, the median runs from $84,680 in Harrisonburg to $116,090 in the Northeast Virginia nonmetro area, a gap of $31,410 a year. Of the 8 areas in Virginia with more project coordinators than the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area, 1 pays less: Blacksburg-Christiansburg, VA ($85,070).

the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area is #324 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Virginia, Lebanon and Gettysburg pay just above the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area and Sumter and Altoona just below. All four are within $230 a year of the median in the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many project coordinators, none pays as much.

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