State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: California vs Colorado
Project Management Specialists in California earn a median of $120,910. In Colorado, $110,050. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.3% — not 9.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+9.9%
California vs Colorado
COL-adjusted gap
+2.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Colorado
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $110,050
- p25
- $85,010
- p75
- $136,990
- p10
- $68,990
- p90
- $171,630
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -64%
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.