State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: Illinois vs Texas
Project Management Specialists in Illinois earn a median of $103,470. In Texas, $98,440. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.1% — not 5.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+5.1%
Illinois vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+2.1%
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%
Texas
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $98,440
- p25
- $74,810
- p75
- $129,370
- p10
- $57,460
- p90
- $162,780
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -42%
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.