State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: Delaware vs West Virginia
Project Management Specialists in Delaware earn a median of $122,190. In West Virginia, $91,780. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.4% — not 33.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+33.1%
Delaware vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+19.4%
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%
West Virginia
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $91,780
- p25
- $65,370
- p75
- $125,050
- p10
- $54,070
- p90
- $149,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
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.