Cost to hire a project coordinator in Ukraine
Project coordinators have one of the widest gaps to a US hire of any role in Ukraine: 14.7 times the $749 a month you pay a contractor here. Through an employer of record the same take-home costs $1,575.
You pay $749 a month as a contractor or $1,575 through an EOR. Contractor tax $84 a month. EOR: salary $800 for the same take-home, employer items $176, provider from $599.
Starting pay for project coordinators in Ukraine
No official source gives pay for project coordinators in Ukraine; the last survey by occupation is from 20201. The calculator starts at the national average, UAH 31,892 ($704, August 20262), a placeholder rather than a rate for a Ukrainian project coordinator.
A project coordinator as a contractor in Ukraine
A project coordinator in Ukraine usually invoices you under FOP group 33456: $84 of a $700 invoice (UAH 31,726) goes to tax and contributions, 12.0%, a large slice. The project coordinator keeps $616.
| Item | UAH a month | USD |
|---|---|---|
| Single tax | UAH 1,586 | $35 |
| Military levy | UAH 317 | $7 |
| ЄСВ (minimum) | UAH 1,902 | $42 |
| Tax and contributions | $84 |
The ЄСВ is a fixed sum45: 6.0% of this project coordinator's invoice, 3.0% at $1,400.
A project coordinator employed through an EOR
To keep $616 as an employee, the project coordinator needs a gross salary of $800, 14% above the invoice: employee deductions take 23.0% of pay in Ukraine4789310. The employer then adds $176, mostly ЄСВ, unified social contribution.
| UAH a month | USD | |
|---|---|---|
| Gross salary | UAH 36,259 | $800 |
| Employee deductions | UAH 8,340 | $184 |
| Employer items | UAH 7,977 | $176 |
| Take-home | $616 |
With a provider from $599 a month at list price, the EOR route costs $9,912 a year more than the contractor route for this project coordinator.
Ukraine against the other three for project coordinators
On take-home share Ukraine sits third of 4 for project coordinators (88.0% of the invoice), between Kazakhstan (91.3%) and Armenia (85.0%).
We do not rank the four countries on cost for project coordinators: Armenia and Ukraine publish no pay by occupation, so their starting pay is the national average, a placeholder. Compare them at one pay in the calculator above.
Where the rules change near this pay
- $3,816 a month (UAH 172,940 a month): the ЄСВ cap (22% stops growing above it). The project coordinator's salary here is 79% below it.
Project coordinators hired at home
| Market | Median pay a month | Employer cost a month | × the Ukrainian route |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States1112 | $8,527 | $11,002 | 14.7× |
| United Kingdom13141516 | $4,106 | $4,740 | 6.3× |
| Australia171816 | $6,799 | $7,613 | 10.2× |
For project coordinators the usual order breaks: United States is the dearest place to employ one (14.7 times the Ukrainian contractor) and United Kingdom the cheapest (6.3 times).
By the gap to a US hire, project coordinators rank 1 of 17 roles in Ukraine (14.7×); next to them are accountants (12.0×) and marketing specialists (11.3×).
Which US sectors employ project coordinators
| US sector | Jobs | Median a year | × the Ukrainian route |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 305,210 | $108,260 | 15.5× |
| Construction | 239,500 | $98,730 | 14.2× |
| Manufacturing | 79,810 | $102,640 | 14.7× |
| Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services | 69,900 | $97,760 | 14.0× |
The largest employer of US project coordinators is professional, scientific, and technical services, with 305,210 jobs at a median $108,260; the best-paid industry with 3,000 or more of them, securities, commodity contracts, and other financial investments and related activities, pays $132,920, 19.1 times the Ukrainian route in employer cost.
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How these pages are built: methodology and data sources. Last updated 2026-11-12.