State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: Montana vs New Jersey
Project Management Specialists in New Jersey earn a median of $122,980. In Montana, $87,890. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.8% — not 28.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-28.5%
Montana vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-17.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Montana
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $87,890
- p25
- $70,830
- p75
- $121,160
- p10
- $58,680
- p90
- $143,170
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
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.