State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: New Jersey vs Utah
Project Management Specialists in New Jersey earn a median of $122,980. In Utah, $96,720. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.6% — not 27.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+27.2%
New Jersey vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
+15.6%
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%
Utah
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $96,720
- p25
- $74,840
- p75
- $127,160
- p10
- $56,840
- p90
- $159,240
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -43%
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.