Project Coordinator salary in the Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetro area

Pay in the Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetro area against Utah and the US

Project coordinators at the 90th percentile earn $135,740, 2.8 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.7. The middle half of project coordinators in the Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetro area earns $62,030–$113,380. The mean ($91,520) 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 only $51,350 wide, against $52,320 across Utah and $54,660 nationally: employers in the Wasatch Front Fringe Utah 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 $29,840 a year in pay and about $38,503 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $21,510 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 Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetro area, and the Utah statewide median of $96,720 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetro area

At the $83,540 median, a local hire costs about $107,794 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $24,254 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 Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetro area

Project coordinators have the highest median of the 14 roles we track in the Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetro area; virtual receptionists have the lowest, at $37,020.

Measured against the US median, project coordinators rank #11 of the 14 roles we track in the Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetro area (-18.4%), between recruiters (-11.3%) and sales development representatives (-18.7%). The typical role here is at -9.5%, so, measured against the US, project coordinators cost less in the Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Project coordinators hold 9.3% of the jobs in these 14 roles in the Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetro area, 8.6% across Utah and 6.8% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Utah

Across the 7 areas of Utah with data for this job, the median runs from $78,300 in St. George to $104,360 in Ogden, a gap of $26,060 a year. Of the 6 areas in Utah with more project coordinators than the Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetro area, 1 pays less: St. George, UT ($78,300).

the Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetro area is #215 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Utah, Great Falls and Traverse City pay just above the Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetro area and Burlington and Muskegon-Norton Shores just below. All four are within $180 a year of the median in the Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many project coordinators, two pay more.

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