Project Coordinator salary in the Western North Carolina nonmetro area

Pay in the Western North Carolina nonmetro area against North Carolina and the US

The middle half of project coordinators in the Western North Carolina nonmetro area earns $72,120–$101,440. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $130,760, only 2.4 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 $29,320 wide, against $52,720 across North Carolina and $54,660 nationally: employers in the Western North Carolina nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a project coordinator here

Local pay is bunched just above the median: the 75th percentile is only $10,240 over it, while the 25th sits $19,080 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $13,213 more a year with benefits. 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 Western North Carolina nonmetro area, and the North Carolina statewide median of $100,820 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 Western North Carolina nonmetro area

At the $91,200 median, a local hire costs about $117,677 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $26,477 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 Western North Carolina nonmetro area

Project coordinators have the highest median of the 17 roles we track in the Western North Carolina nonmetro area; virtual receptionists have the lowest, at $34,840.

Measured against the US median, project coordinators rank #6 of the 17 roles we track in the Western North Carolina nonmetro area (-10.9%), between accountants (-10.6%) and bookkeepers (-11.3%). The typical role here is at -15.6%, so, measured against the US, project coordinators cost more in the Western North Carolina nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Project coordinators hold 4.7% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Western North Carolina nonmetro area, 6.9% across North Carolina and 6.7% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in North Carolina

Across the 18 areas of North Carolina with data for this job, the median runs from $79,240 in Jacksonville to $105,200 in Charlotte-Concord, a gap of $25,960 a year. Of the 6 areas in North Carolina with more project coordinators than the Western North Carolina nonmetro area, 2 pay less: Winston-Salem, NC ($79,560) and Wilmington, NC ($89,120).

the Western North Carolina nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Western North Carolina nonmetro area is #127 of 517 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, with pay near the middle of the US range. Outside North Carolina, Tucson and Columbus pay just above the Western North Carolina nonmetro area and Roanoke and Montgomery just below. All four are within $310 a year of the median in the Western North Carolina nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many project coordinators, all three pay more.

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