State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: Illinois vs Indiana
Project Management Specialists in Illinois earn a median of $103,470. In Indiana, $95,020. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.6% — not 8.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+8.9%
Illinois vs Indiana
COL-adjusted gap
+1.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Indiana
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $95,020
- p25
- $72,690
- p75
- $122,260
- p10
- $59,120
- p90
- $149,350
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.