State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: California vs Nevada
Project Management Specialists in California earn a median of $120,910. In Nevada, $99,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.3% — not 21%.
Nominal pay gap
+21%
California vs Nevada
COL-adjusted gap
+9.3%
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%
Nevada
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $99,940
- p25
- $77,460
- p75
- $130,010
- p10
- $61,610
- p90
- $162,830
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.