State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: Michigan vs Washington
Project Management Specialists in Washington earn a median of $124,160. In Michigan, $100,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.5% — not 18.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.7%
Michigan vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-9.5%
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%
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.