Typical entry: Bachelor's degree
Project coordinator
Project coordinators keep projects on schedule: tracking tasks, updating plans, chasing dependencies, running status meetings, and reporting to a project manager. The role exists in construction, IT, healthcare, and marketing.
By the Degreeless Jobs research deskUpdated Sep 7, 2026Sources: BLS, O*NET
What a project coordinator makes
Median pay, May 2025, United States
$102,320
$49.19 an hour, median
- 25th percentile
- $78,440
- 75th percentile
- $133,100
- 90th percentile
- $167,970
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Wages of employed workers, not offers.
- Typical entry education
- Bachelor's degree
- BLS
- Workers without a bachelor's
- Not published
- O*NET
- Growth, 2025 to 2035
- +6.7%
- BLS projections
- Openings a year
- 76,500
- BLS projections
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How people get in without a degree
The Google Project Management Professional Certificate covers the vocabulary and tools hiring managers screen for, and the CAPM exam is open without a degree. Coordinators are often promoted from administrative, customer, or field roles where they already scheduled work.
The work, as O*NET defines it: Analyze and coordinate the schedule, timeline, procurement, staffing, and budget of a product or service on a per project basis. Lead and guide the work of technical staff. May serve as a point of contact for the client or customer.
The next step
Google Project Management Professional Certificate
- Typical cost
- $49 per month on Coursera, typically $150 to $300 total
- Time to complete
- About 6 months at 10 hours a week
Where to start Google Project Management Professional Certificate
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Questions
Do you need a degree to be a project coordinator?
Not always. BLS lists a bachelor's degree as the typical entry education. Employers that hire without one look for the credential and the work described on this page.
How much does a project coordinator make?
The median pay was $102,320 a year ($49.19 an hour) in May 2025, according to BLS. The middle half earned between $78,440 and $133,100, and the top 10 percent earned more than $167,970.
How long does it take to become a project coordinator?
About 6 months at 10 hours a week. The typical cost is $49 per month on Coursera, typically $150 to $300 total.
Is project coordinator work growing?
BLS projects employment to grow 6.7% from 2025 to 2035 with about 76,500 openings a year from growth and from workers leaving the occupation.
Sources
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, occupation code 13-1082.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025–35 (Table 1.2).
- O*NET 31.0 Database (USDOL/ETA), CC BY 4.0. The share without a bachelor’s degree is our summary of O*NET’s education distribution; USDOL/ETA has not approved or endorsed it.
- BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook profile