Project Coordinator salary in the West Tennessee nonmetro area

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

Project coordinators at the 90th percentile earn $130,740, 2.5 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.7. The middle half of project coordinators in the West Tennessee nonmetro area earns $65,380–$104,350. The mean ($90,890) is 17% 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 $38,970 wide, against $42,130 across Tennessee and $54,660 nationally: employers in the West Tennessee 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 $26,770 over the median, the 25th only $12,200 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $34,542 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 Tennessee nonmetro area, and the Tennessee statewide median of $85,890 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the West Tennessee nonmetro area

At the $77,580 median, a local hire costs about $100,103 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $22,523 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 Tennessee nonmetro area

Project coordinators have the highest median of the 17 roles we track in the West Tennessee nonmetro area; virtual receptionists have the lowest, at $32,920.

Measured against the US median, project coordinators rank #12 of the 17 roles we track in the West Tennessee nonmetro area (-24.2%), between medical administrative assistants (-18.4%) and payroll specialists (-25.6%). The typical role here is at -16.4%, so, measured against the US, project coordinators cost less in the West Tennessee nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Project coordinators hold 4.4% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the West Tennessee nonmetro area, 5.7% across Tennessee and 6.7% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Tennessee

Across the 14 areas of Tennessee with data for this job, the median runs from $77,580 in the West Tennessee nonmetro area to $91,690 in Knoxville, a gap of $14,110 a year. All 7 areas in Tennessee with more project coordinators than the West Tennessee nonmetro area also pay more, among them Nashville-Murfreesboro, TN ($85,990) and Knoxville, TN ($91,690).

the West Tennessee nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the West Tennessee nonmetro area is #274 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 Tennessee, Auburn-Opelika and Valdosta pay just above the West Tennessee nonmetro area and Springfield and Myrtle Beach-Conway just below. All four are within $170 a year of the median in the West Tennessee nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many project coordinators, all three pay more.

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