State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: Arizona vs California
Project Management Specialists in California earn a median of $120,910. In Arizona, $99,050. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.9% — not 18.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.1%
Arizona vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-9.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $99,050
- p25
- $75,870
- p75
- $129,750
- p10
- $62,050
- p90
- $161,870
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -72%
California
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $120,910
- p25
- $85,620
- p75
- $155,850
- p10
- $69,180
- p90
- $188,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -7%
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.