State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: Delaware vs Iowa
Project Management Specialists in Delaware earn a median of $122,190. In Iowa, $96,540. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.4% — not 26.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+26.6%
Delaware vs Iowa
COL-adjusted gap
+11.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Delaware
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $122,190
- p25
- $97,130
- p75
- $136,510
- p10
- $74,770
- p90
- $166,660
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
Iowa
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $96,540
- p25
- $77,360
- p75
- $130,170
- p10
- $62,000
- p90
- $150,290
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +300%
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.