State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: Delaware vs Mississippi
Project Management Specialists in Delaware earn a median of $122,190. In Mississippi, $78,870. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.1% — not 54.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+54.9%
Delaware vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+35.1%
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%
Mississippi
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $78,870
- p25
- $63,020
- p75
- $103,650
- p10
- $50,840
- p90
- $140,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.