State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: California vs New York
Project Management Specialists in New York earn a median of $121,040. In California, $120,910. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.6% — not 0.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-0.1%
California vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-2.6%
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%
New York
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $121,040
- p25
- $91,660
- p75
- $160,220
- p10
- $74,580
- p90
- $192,160
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -31%
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.