State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: Delaware vs South Dakota
Project Management Specialists in Delaware earn a median of $122,190. In South Dakota, $82,250. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.9% — not 48.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+48.6%
Delaware vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+31.9%
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%
South Dakota
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $82,250
- p25
- $67,630
- p75
- $104,180
- p10
- $58,000
- p90
- $130,400
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
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.