State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: Alabama vs Washington
Project Management Specialists in Washington earn a median of $124,160. In Alabama, $100,820. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.2% — not 18.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.8%
Alabama vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-2.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $100,820
- p25
- $78,010
- p75
- $132,500
- p10
- $63,550
- p90
- $164,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -43%
Washington
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $124,160
- p25
- $92,830
- p75
- $162,490
- p10
- $74,750
- p90
- $202,120
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -30%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.