State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: Georgia vs New Jersey
Project Management Specialists in New Jersey earn a median of $122,980. In Georgia, $102,140. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.2% — not 16.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.9%
Georgia vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-6.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Georgia
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $102,140
- p25
- $77,470
- p75
- $132,550
- p10
- $58,290
- p90
- $163,320
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -41%
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.