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State comparison · 2025

Project Management Specialists salary: Alaska vs New Jersey

Occupation

Project Management Specialists in New Jersey earn a median of $122,980. In Alaska, $99,580. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14% — not 19%.

Nominal pay gap
-19%
Alaska vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-14%
After BEA Regional Price Parities

Alaska

Project Management Specialists

Median
$99,580
p25
$74,330
p75
$126,110
p10
$53,360
p90
$160,710
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
102.4
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New Jersey

Project Management Specialists

Median
$122,980
p25
$92,850
p75
$155,490
p10
$74,410
p90
$190,600
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
108.8
Hiring velocity (180d)
-61%
See full breakdown for New Jersey

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.