State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: Idaho vs Washington
Project Management Specialists in Washington earn a median of $124,160. In Idaho, $95,630. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.7% — not 23%.
Nominal pay gap
-23%
Idaho vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-13.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Idaho
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $95,630
- p25
- $71,410
- p75
- $128,780
- p10
- $61,090
- p90
- $165,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -87%
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.