State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: Alaska vs New Jersey
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
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%
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.