State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: New Jersey vs Ohio
Project Management Specialists in New Jersey earn a median of $122,980. In Ohio, $95,770. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.5% — not 28.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.4%
New Jersey vs Ohio
COL-adjusted gap
+9.5%
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%
Ohio
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $95,770
- p25
- $74,420
- p75
- $126,570
- p10
- $59,280
- p90
- $160,570
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -55%
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.