State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: District of Columbia vs New Jersey
Project Management Specialists in New Jersey earn a median of $122,980. In District of Columbia, $104,900. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.6% — not 14.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-14.7%
District of Columbia vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-15.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
District of Columbia
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $104,900
- p25
- $79,340
- p75
- $143,440
- p10
- $64,080
- p90
- $194,170
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -10%
New Jersey
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $122,980
- p25
- $92,850
- p75
- $155,490
- p10
- $74,410
- p90
- $190,600
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -61%
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.