State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: Arkansas vs New Jersey
Project Management Specialists in New Jersey earn a median of $122,980. In Arkansas, $77,170. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.4% — not 37.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-37.2%
Arkansas vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-21.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $77,170
- p25
- $57,630
- p75
- $103,670
- p10
- $47,620
- p90
- $133,420
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +25%
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.