State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: Kansas vs Washington
Project Management Specialists in Washington earn a median of $124,160. In Kansas, $100,010. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.3% — not 19.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-19.5%
Kansas vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-4.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $100,010
- p25
- $75,990
- p75
- $128,780
- p10
- $59,540
- p90
- $165,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.