State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: Minnesota vs Washington
Project Management Specialists in Washington earn a median of $124,160. In Minnesota, $97,860. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.5% — not 21.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.2%
Minnesota vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-14.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Minnesota
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $97,860
- p25
- $79,000
- p75
- $123,080
- p10
- $65,040
- p90
- $141,490
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -55%
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.