Project Coordinator salary in Youngstown-Warren, OH

Pay in Youngstown-Warren against Ohio and the US

Project coordinators at the 90th percentile earn $137,100, 2.7 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.7. The middle half of project coordinators in Youngstown-Warren earns $60,850–$99,970. The mean ($87,760) is 14% 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 $39,120 wide, against $52,150 across Ohio and $54,660 nationally: employers in Youngstown-Warren pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a project coordinator here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $22,810 a year in pay and about $29,432 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $16,310 in pay. 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 Youngstown-Warren, and the Ohio statewide median of $95,770 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 Youngstown-Warren

Pay is only part of it. Benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², which adds about $22,401 to the $77,160 median and brings it to $99,561 a year. 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 Youngstown-Warren

Project coordinators have the highest median of the 17 roles we track in Youngstown-Warren; virtual receptionists have the lowest, at $34,140.

Measured against the US median, project coordinators rank #16 of the 17 roles we track in Youngstown-Warren (-24.6%), between marketing specialists (-24.2%) and paralegals (-25.2%). The typical role here is at -15.3%, so, measured against the US, project coordinators cost less in Youngstown-Warren than the area's general pay level would suggest. Project coordinators hold 4.5% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Youngstown-Warren, 6.7% across Ohio and 6.7% 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. All 9 areas in Ohio with more project coordinators than Youngstown-Warren also pay more, among them Columbus, OH ($98,660) and Cincinnati, OH-KY ($95,380).

Youngstown-Warren against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Youngstown-Warren is #202 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 Ohio, Elizabethtown and Myrtle Beach-Conway pay just above Youngstown-Warren and Lubbock and Brunswick-St. Simons just below. All four are within $250 a year of the median in Youngstown-Warren. Of the three markets with about as many project coordinators, all three pay more.

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