State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: New Jersey vs North Carolina
Project Management Specialists in New Jersey earn a median of $122,980. In North Carolina, $100,820. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.7% — not 22%.
Nominal pay gap
+22%
New Jersey vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+5.7%
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%
North Carolina
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $100,820
- p25
- $77,970
- p75
- $130,690
- p10
- $61,570
- p90
- $164,050
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -20%
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.