State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: New Jersey vs North Dakota
Project Management Specialists in New Jersey earn a median of $122,980. In North Dakota, $96,160. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.6% — not 27.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+27.9%
New Jersey vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+4.6%
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%
North Dakota
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $96,160
- p25
- $77,010
- p75
- $119,630
- p10
- $62,300
- p90
- $139,320
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.