About Proposal Coordinators

Projected employment change, 2020–30:

Payscale.com places the average base salary of proposal coordinators at $54,928.

This is slightly below what the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics calls the average salary, at $56,310.

The map below shows the average salary of proposal coordinators by location.

Of course, there's more to finances than just pay. The map below shows the average cost of living by state.

Note that urban living is more expensive, so consider the possibility of commuting or remote work before making any moves.

We live in a big, complicated world, and businesses and governments alike have grown into organizations no less complex.

Getting anything done while navigating corporate bureaucracy and government regulations is far from simple.

Proposal management specialists, including coordinators, are the navigators.

Their job, done well, takes all this complex mess and simplifies it to what needs to be done.

Anyone who has ever worked in a group likely knows what happens when the job is done poorly.