State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: Massachusetts vs Washington
Project Management Specialists in Washington earn a median of $124,160. In Massachusetts, $114,190. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7% — not 8%.
Nominal pay gap
-8%
Massachusetts vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $114,190
- p25
- $87,290
- p75
- $144,990
- p10
- $72,800
- p90
- $174,840
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -62%
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.