State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: New Jersey vs New Mexico
Project Management Specialists in New Jersey earn a median of $122,980. In New Mexico, $106,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.6% — not 15%.
Nominal pay gap
+15%
New Jersey vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-2.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
New Mexico
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $106,970
- p25
- $79,460
- p75
- $155,990
- p10
- $63,430
- p90
- $173,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.