State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: Arizona vs New Jersey
Project Management Specialists in New Jersey earn a median of $122,980. In Arizona, $99,050. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13% — not 19.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-19.5%
Arizona vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-13%
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%
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.