State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: New Jersey vs South Dakota
Project Management Specialists in New Jersey earn a median of $122,980. In South Dakota, $82,250. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.8% — not 49.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+49.5%
New Jersey vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+21.8%
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 Dakota
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $82,250
- p25
- $67,630
- p75
- $104,180
- p10
- $58,000
- p90
- $130,400
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
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.