State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: Illinois vs Washington
Project Management Specialists in Washington earn a median of $124,160. In Illinois, $103,470. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.8% — not 16.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.7%
Illinois vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-10.8%
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%
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.