State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: California vs Texas
Project Management Specialists in California earn a median of $120,910. In Texas, $98,440. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.7% — not 22.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+22.8%
California vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+7.7%
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%
Texas
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $98,440
- p25
- $74,810
- p75
- $129,370
- p10
- $57,460
- p90
- $162,780
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -42%
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.