State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: New Jersey vs Texas
Project Management Specialists in New Jersey earn a median of $122,980. In Texas, $98,440. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.5% — not 24.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.9%
New Jersey vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+11.5%
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%
Texas
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $98,440
- p25
- $74,810
- p75
- $129,370
- p10
- $57,460
- p90
- $162,780
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -42%
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.