Onsite coordinator vs project leader

The differences between onsite coordinators and project leaders can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 2-4 years to become an onsite coordinator, becoming a project leader takes usually requires 4-6 years. Additionally, a project leader has an average salary of $98,559, which is higher than the $74,634 average annual salary of an onsite coordinator.

The top three skills for an onsite coordinator include payroll, data warehouse and java. The most important skills for a project leader are project management, work ethic, and C++.

Onsite coordinator vs project leader overview

	Onsite Coordinator	Project Leader
Yearly salary	$74,634	$98,559
Hourly rate	$35.88	$47.38
Growth rate	9%	9%
Number of jobs	29,379	221,165
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 67%	Bachelor's Degree, 68%
Average age	44	44
Years of experience	4	6

Onsite coordinator vs project leader salary

Onsite coordinators and project leaders have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Onsite Coordinator	Project Leader
Average salary	$74,634	$98,559
Salary range	Between $61,000 And $90,000	Between $70,000 And $138,000
Highest paying City	Camden, NJ	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	New Jersey	California
Best paying company	American Red Cross	Boston Consulting Group
Best paying industry	Finance	Professional

Differences between onsite coordinator and project leader education

There are a few differences between an onsite coordinator and a project leader in terms of educational background:

	Onsite Coordinator	Project Leader
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 67%	Bachelor's Degree, 68%
Most common major	Computer Science	Business
Most common college	Stanford University	Stanford University

Onsite coordinator vs project leader demographics

Here are the differences between onsite coordinators' and project leaders' demographics:

	Onsite Coordinator	Project Leader
Average age	44	44
Gender ratio	Male, 53.0% Female, 47.0%	Male, 69.0% Female, 31.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 6.2% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 8.8% Asian, 12.0% White, 67.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%	Black or African American, 6.2% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 8.8% Asian, 12.0% White, 67.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%
LGBT Percentage	11%	11%

Differences between onsite coordinator and project leader duties and responsibilities

Onsite coordinator example responsibilities.

Provide technical training in Unix, SQL and functional training for team to enhance performance and achieve the targets.
Mentore freshmen through experience on COBOL, JCL, VSAM, DFSORT and ICETOOL on mainframe platforms to create well-written codes.
Front development using ATG DSP, JSTL JSP, JQuery, JavaScript, AJAX etc.
Modify and test COBOL and CICS programs and JCL codes per the requests of business departments.
Maintain the QA environment to test and deploy software releases and coordinate UAT with globally disperse business users.
Used JQuery for animations across the application.

Project leader example responsibilities.

Lead and manage the automation effort for the PeopleSoft financials modules ensuring the desired requirement (s) coverage.
Lead the installation of VSAM file extension software that facilitate files larger than native VSAM specs.
Lead sprint planning, daily scrum, sprint review, sprint retrospective, scrum of scrum meetings.
Play a similar role for an ASP.NET web application (APA) which manages power plant availability information.
Manage using PMI methodologies though life cycle ensuring projects successfully complete within plan budget, schedule and scope.
Prepare RFP, evaluate bids, select vendor, negotiate contract, acquire hardware and software, manage development & implementation.

Onsite coordinator vs project leader skills

Common onsite coordinator skills

Payroll, 9%
Data Warehouse, 6%
Java, 5%
Test Cases, 4%
PL/SQL, 4%
UAT, 3%

Common project leader skills

Project Management, 17%
Work Ethic, 7%
C++, 4%
C #, 4%
Project Plan, 4%
Status Reports, 3%