State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: Arkansas vs Washington
Project Management Specialists in Washington earn a median of $124,160. In Arkansas, $77,170. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.5% — not 37.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-37.8%
Arkansas vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-23.5%
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%
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.