State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: Mississippi vs Washington
Project Management Specialists in Washington earn a median of $124,160. In Mississippi, $78,870. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.9% — not 36.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-36.5%
Mississippi vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-21.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $78,870
- p25
- $63,020
- p75
- $103,650
- p10
- $50,840
- p90
- $140,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.