State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: California vs Florida
Project Management Specialists in California earn a median of $120,910. In Florida, $98,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.2% — not 23.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.3%
California vs Florida
COL-adjusted gap
+15.2%
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%
Florida
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $98,070
- p25
- $75,820
- p75
- $128,640
- p10
- $59,070
- p90
- $161,250
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -60%
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.