State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: Iowa vs New Jersey
Project Management Specialists in New Jersey earn a median of $122,980. In Iowa, $96,540. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.7% — not 21.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.5%
Iowa vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-2.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $96,540
- p25
- $77,360
- p75
- $130,170
- p10
- $62,000
- p90
- $150,290
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +300%
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.