State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: New Jersey vs Rhode Island
Project Management Specialists in New Jersey earn a median of $122,980. In Rhode Island, $104,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.5% — not 17.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+17.5%
New Jersey vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+10.5%
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%
Rhode Island
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $104,680
- p25
- $79,890
- p75
- $132,750
- p10
- $63,750
- p90
- $170,050
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.