Contractor-project coordinator vs project director

The differences between contractor-project coordinators and project directors can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a project director has an average salary of $107,396, which is higher than the $63,152 average annual salary of a contractor-project coordinator.

The top three skills for a contractor-project coordinator include purchase orders, sharepoint and contract management. The most important skills for a project director are project management, oversight, and customer satisfaction.

Contractor-project coordinator vs project director overview

	Contractor-Project Coordinator	Project Director
Yearly salary	$63,152	$107,396
Hourly rate	$30.36	$51.63
Growth rate	-8%	-
Number of jobs	77,116	116,968
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 65%	Bachelor's Degree, 66%
Average age	47	47
Years of experience	-	-

Contractor-project coordinator vs project director salary

Contractor-project coordinators and project directors have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Contractor-Project Coordinator	Project Director
Average salary	$63,152	$107,396
Salary range	Between $39,000 And $102,000	Between $70,000 And $162,000
Highest paying City	-	Las Vegas, NV
Highest paying state	-	Nevada
Best paying company	-	Fried Frank
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between contractor-project coordinator and project director education

There are a few differences between a contractor-project coordinator and a project director in terms of educational background:

	Contractor-Project Coordinator	Project Director
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 65%	Bachelor's Degree, 66%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of Pennsylvania

Contractor-project coordinator vs project director demographics

Here are the differences between contractor-project coordinators' and project directors' demographics:

	Contractor-Project Coordinator	Project Director
Average age	47	47
Gender ratio	Male, 29.6% Female, 70.4%	Male, 56.2% Female, 43.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 7.6% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 12.7% Asian, 9.0% White, 65.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%	Black or African American, 7.5% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 12.5% Asian, 8.8% White, 65.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	10%	10%

Differences between contractor-project coordinator and project director duties and responsibilities

Contractor-project coordinator example responsibilities.

Manage a SalesForce data migration to consolidate ValueClick and GrayStripe accounts, contracts and documentation.
Design, develop and maintain comprehensive Microsoft SharePoint sites to support project management and execution.
Initiate some steps to improve processes and procedures for PMO department.
Create PowerPoint presentations detailing scope & deliverables of project (s).
Provide support and cost reporting to PMO, leadership teams regions worldwide.
Update the OnBoarding PowerPoint presentation for the department to be utilize going forward.

Project director example responsibilities.

Provide direction and guidance to Americas regional executives with all aspects of managing their regions in order to achieve business goals.
Manage commercial real estate, adaptive reuse development project.
Create, maintain, and manage software development project schedules according to PMI standards.
Manage customer service center issues spanning Americas, European, and Asian delivery centers.
Refine and develop strong/functional on-site OCI management teams to ensure project EPC objectives are achieve.
Manage offshore / onshore test teams through entire SDLC for major, minor and hotfix releases.

Contractor-project coordinator vs project director skills

Common contractor-project coordinator skills

Purchase Orders, 12%
SharePoint, 10%
Contract Management, 8%
Project Management, 8%
Party Vendors, 7%
Meeting Minutes, 5%

Common project director skills

Project Management, 20%
Oversight, 19%
Customer Satisfaction, 8%
HR, 5%
Adaptive, 5%
ERP, 4%

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