State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: District of Columbia vs Washington
Project Management Specialists in Washington earn a median of $124,160. In District of Columbia, $104,900. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.7% — not 15.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-15.5%
District of Columbia vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-17.7%
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%
Washington
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $124,160
- p25
- $92,830
- p75
- $162,490
- p10
- $74,750
- p90
- $202,120
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -30%
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.