State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: Iowa vs Washington
Project Management Specialists in Washington earn a median of $124,160. In Iowa, $96,540. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.2% — not 22.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.2%
Iowa vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-5.2%
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%
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.