State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: Florida vs Illinois
Project Management Specialists in Illinois earn a median of $103,470. In Florida, $98,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.3% — not 5.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-5.2%
Florida vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
-8.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Florida
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $98,070
- p25
- $75,820
- p75
- $128,640
- p10
- $59,070
- p90
- $161,250
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -60%
Illinois
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $103,470
- p25
- $81,000
- p75
- $132,360
- p10
- $65,300
- p90
- $163,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -38%
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.