State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: Alaska vs Washington
Project Management Specialists in Washington earn a median of $124,160. In Alaska, $99,580. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.2% — not 19.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-19.8%
Alaska vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-16.2%
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
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.