State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: New Jersey vs Tennessee
Project Management Specialists in New Jersey earn a median of $122,980. In Tennessee, $85,890. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.9% — not 43.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+43.2%
New Jersey vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+20.9%
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%
Tennessee
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $85,890
- p25
- $70,220
- p75
- $112,350
- p10
- $56,450
- p90
- $135,350
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -26%
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.