Project Coordinator salary in the West Montana nonmetro area

Pay in the West Montana nonmetro area against Montana and the US

The middle half of project coordinators in the West Montana nonmetro area earns $62,880–$98,690. The top tenth earns $135,770 or more, 2.5 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.7 times. The mean ($84,640) is 11% 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 $35,810 wide, against $50,330 across Montana and $54,660 nationally: employers in the West Montana nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a project coordinator here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $22,750 over the median, the 25th only $13,060 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $29,355 a year in employer cost. 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 West Montana nonmetro area, and the Montana statewide median of $87,890 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 West Montana nonmetro area

At the $75,940 median, a local hire costs about $97,987 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $22,047 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 West Montana nonmetro area

Project coordinators have the highest median of the 14 roles we track in the West Montana nonmetro area; virtual receptionists have the lowest, at $35,990.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 14 roles we track in the West Montana nonmetro area (-25.8%); customer support specialists come first (-3.0%). The typical role here is at -14.7%, so, measured against the US, project coordinators cost less in the West Montana nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Project coordinators hold 5.6% of the jobs in these 14 roles in the West Montana nonmetro area, 7.1% across Montana and 6.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Montana

Across the 8 areas of Montana with data for this job, the median runs from $75,940 in the West Montana nonmetro area to $102,970 in Helena, a gap of $27,030 a year. All 2 areas in Montana with more project coordinators than the West Montana nonmetro area also pay more, among them Bozeman, MT ($99,090) and Billings, MT ($85,540).

the West Montana nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the West Montana nonmetro area is #286 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 Montana, Beckley and Hammond pay just above the West Montana nonmetro area and Fort Smith and Rapid City just below. All four are within $1,240 a year of the median in the West Montana nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many project coordinators, all three pay more.

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