State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: Delaware vs Kentucky
Project Management Specialists in Delaware earn a median of $122,190. In Kentucky, $81,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.2% — not 49.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+49.6%
Delaware vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+35.2%
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%
Kentucky
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $81,700
- p25
- $64,130
- p75
- $104,860
- p10
- $52,090
- p90
- $131,670
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- 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.