State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: Connecticut vs New Jersey
Project Management Specialists in New Jersey earn a median of $122,980. In Connecticut, $105,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.1% — not 14.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-14.4%
Connecticut vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-10.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Connecticut
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $105,240
- p25
- $81,490
- p75
- $135,100
- p10
- $66,470
- p90
- $167,010
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -39%
New Jersey
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $122,980
- p25
- $92,850
- p75
- $155,490
- p10
- $74,410
- p90
- $190,600
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -61%
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.