State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: Nebraska vs New Jersey
Project Management Specialists in New Jersey earn a median of $122,980. In Nebraska, $80,150. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.3% — not 34.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-34.8%
Nebraska vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-21.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Nebraska
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $80,150
- p25
- $62,390
- p75
- $102,820
- p10
- $51,630
- p90
- $129,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.