Project Coordinator salary in the Western Washington nonmetro area

Pay in the Western Washington nonmetro area against Washington and the US

Project coordinators at the 90th percentile earn $157,440, 2.9 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.7. The middle half of project coordinators in the Western Washington nonmetro area earns $65,990–$138,190. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $72,200 wide, wider than in Washington as a whole ($69,660) and the US ($54,660), so what a project coordinator earns in the Western Washington nonmetro area depends more on the employer.

What to budget for a project coordinator here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $29,590 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $42,610, or about $54,981 once benefits are added. 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 Western Washington nonmetro area, and the Washington statewide median of $124,160 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Western Washington nonmetro area

At the $95,580 median, a local hire costs about $123,329 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $27,749 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 Washington nonmetro area

Project coordinators have the highest median of the 16 roles we track in the Western Washington nonmetro area; virtual receptionists have the lowest, at $42,490.

Measured against the US median, project coordinators rank #15 of the 16 roles we track in the Western Washington nonmetro area (-6.6%), between sales development representatives (+1.1%) and marketing specialists (-20.9%). The typical role here is at +8.9%, so, measured against the US, project coordinators cost less in the Western Washington nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Project coordinators hold 4.0% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the Western Washington nonmetro area, 10.7% across Washington and 6.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Washington

Across the 13 areas of Washington with data for this job, the median runs from $95,580 in the Western Washington nonmetro area to $130,380 in Seattle-Tacoma, a gap of $34,800 a year. All 7 areas in Washington with more project coordinators than the Western Washington nonmetro area also pay more, among them Seattle-Tacoma, WA ($130,380) and Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA ($98,840).

the Western Washington nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Western Washington nonmetro area is #254 of 517 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Washington, Grants Pass and Visalia pay just above the Western Washington nonmetro area and Manhattan and Cincinnati just below. All four are within $200 a year of the median in the Western Washington nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many project coordinators, two pay more.

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