State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: Delaware vs North Carolina
Project Management Specialists in Delaware earn a median of $122,190. In North Carolina, $100,820. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.5% — not 21.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.2%
Delaware vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+14.5%
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%
North Carolina
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $100,820
- p25
- $77,970
- p75
- $130,690
- p10
- $61,570
- p90
- $164,050
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -20%
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.