State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: Kentucky vs Washington
Project Management Specialists in Washington earn a median of $124,160. In Kentucky, $81,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.9% — not 34.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-34.2%
Kentucky vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-21.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $81,700
- p25
- $64,130
- p75
- $104,860
- p10
- $52,090
- p90
- $131,670
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.