Project Coordinator salary in the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area

Pay in the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area against Ohio and the US

The middle half of project coordinators in the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area earns $74,980–$113,060. The top tenth earns $142,160 or more, 2.5 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.7 times. The mean ($96,890) 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 $38,080 wide, against $52,150 across Ohio and $54,660 nationally: employers in the West Northwestern Ohio 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 $25,800 over the median, the 25th only $12,280 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $33,290 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 median and the 75th percentile in the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area, and the Ohio statewide median of $95,770 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area

At the $87,260 median, a local hire costs about $112,594 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $25,334 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 Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area

Project coordinators have the highest median of the 16 roles we track in the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area; virtual receptionists have the lowest, at $34,670.

Measured against the US median, project coordinators rank #12 of the 16 roles we track in the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area (-14.7%), between office managers (-11.7%) and medical administrative assistants (-17.0%). The typical role here is at -8.6%, so, measured against the US, project coordinators cost less in the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Project coordinators hold 5.3% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area, 6.8% across Ohio and 6.9% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Ohio

Across the 16 areas of Ohio with data for this job, the median runs from $77,160 in Youngstown-Warren to $98,660 in Columbus, a gap of $21,500 a year. Of the 6 areas in Ohio with more project coordinators than the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area, 1 pays less: Toledo, OH ($81,940).

the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area is #149 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Ohio, Kingsport-Bristol and Florence pay just above the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area and Chattanooga and Minot just below. All four are within $270 a year of the median in the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many project coordinators, all three pay more.

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