State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: Maryland vs New Jersey
Project Management Specialists in New Jersey earn a median of $122,980. In Maryland, $104,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.3% — not 15.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-15.4%
Maryland vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-12.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maryland
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $104,040
- p25
- $80,010
- p75
- $134,630
- p10
- $62,890
- p90
- $167,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -24%
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.