State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: New Jersey vs Vermont
Project Management Specialists in New Jersey earn a median of $122,980. In Vermont, $80,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 37.1% — not 52.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+52.2%
New Jersey vs Vermont
COL-adjusted gap
+37.1%
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%
Vermont
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $80,800
- p25
- $66,830
- p75
- $101,620
- p10
- $61,950
- p90
- $128,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.0
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.