State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: New Jersey vs South Carolina
Project Management Specialists in New Jersey earn a median of $122,980. In South Carolina, $95,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.4% — not 29.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.4%
New Jersey vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+11.4%
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%
South Carolina
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $95,040
- p25
- $72,960
- p75
- $125,480
- p10
- $56,710
- p90
- $159,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -22%
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.