State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: New Jersey vs Pennsylvania
Project Management Specialists in New Jersey earn a median of $122,980. In Pennsylvania, $100,150. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.2% — not 22.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+22.8%
New Jersey vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+10.2%
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%
Pennsylvania
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $100,150
- p25
- $78,370
- p75
- $128,640
- p10
- $61,600
- p90
- $160,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- 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.