Project Coordinator salary in the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area

Pay in the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area against Pennsylvania and the US

Project coordinators at the 90th percentile earn $158,220, 2.6 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.7. The middle half of project coordinators in the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area earns $74,900–$124,460. The mean ($102,690) is 8% 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 $49,560 wide, against $50,270 across Pennsylvania and $54,660 nationally: employers in the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a project coordinator here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $29,590 a year in pay and about $38,181 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $19,970 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 median and the 75th percentile in the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area, and the Pennsylvania statewide median of $100,150 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area

At the $94,870 median, a local hire costs about $122,413 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $27,543 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 Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area

Project coordinators have the highest median of the 17 roles we track in the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area; virtual receptionists have the lowest, at $35,100.

Measured against the US median, project coordinators rank #2 of the 17 roles we track in the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area (-7.3%), between HR assistants (-4.5%) and virtual receptionists (-7.7%). The typical role here is at -14.5%, so, measured against the US, project coordinators cost more in the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Project coordinators hold 4.5% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area, 6.3% across Pennsylvania and 6.7% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Pennsylvania

Across the 20 areas of Pennsylvania with data for this job, the median runs from $81,070 in Johnstown to $104,160 in Philadelphia-Camden, a gap of $23,090 a year. Of the 10 areas in Pennsylvania with more project coordinators than the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area, 3 pay less: Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, PA ($91,820), the Central Pennsylvania nonmetro area ($87,860) and Erie, PA ($93,590).

the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area is #238 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Pennsylvania, Springfield and Saginaw pay just above the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area and Greenville-Anderson and Charleston-North Charleston just below. All four are within $140 a year of the median in the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many project coordinators, two pay more.

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