State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: Missouri vs Washington
Project Management Specialists in Washington earn a median of $124,160. In Missouri, $94,660. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.2% — not 23.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-23.8%
Missouri vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-10.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Missouri
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $94,660
- p25
- $71,270
- p75
- $124,980
- p10
- $56,660
- p90
- $157,650
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.