Project Coordinator salary in the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area

Pay in the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area against Mississippi and the US

The middle half of project coordinators in the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area earns $62,900–$95,670. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $124,380, only 2.3 times the bottom tenth, against 2.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $32,770 wide, against $40,630 across Mississippi and $54,660 nationally: employers in the Upper East Mississippi 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 $17,030 a year in pay and about $21,974 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $15,740 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 75th and 90th percentiles in the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area, and the Mississippi statewide median of $78,870 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local project coordinators earn.

What a hire really costs in the Upper East Mississippi 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 $22,831 to the $78,640 median and brings it to $101,471 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 Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area

Project coordinators have the highest median of the 17 roles we track in the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area; virtual receptionists have the lowest, at $30,610.

Measured against the US median, project coordinators rank #11 of the 17 roles we track in the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area (-23.1%), between accountants (-23.0%) and paralegals (-23.6%). The typical role here is at -22.1%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Project coordinators hold 3.6% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area and 6.7% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Mississippi

Across the 7 areas of Mississippi with data for this job, the median runs from $77,120 in the West Delta Mississippi nonmetro area to $99,510 in the Lower West Mississippi nonmetro area, a gap of $22,390 a year. The one area in Mississippi with more project coordinators, Jackson, MS ($78,150), pays less: a bigger pool at a lower median.

the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area is #192 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 Mississippi, Monroe and Honolulu pay just above the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area and Waco and St. George just below. All four are within $450 a year of the median in the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many project coordinators, all three pay more.

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