State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: Michigan vs New Jersey
Project Management Specialists in New Jersey earn a median of $122,980. In Michigan, $100,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.1% — not 17.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.9%
Michigan vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-7.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Michigan
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $100,970
- p25
- $78,290
- p75
- $129,310
- p10
- $61,980
- p90
- $154,260
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -34%
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.