State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: New Jersey vs Virginia
Project Management Specialists in New Jersey earn a median of $122,980. In Virginia, $120,840. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.4% — not 1.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+1.8%
New Jersey vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-5.4%
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%
Virginia
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $120,840
- p25
- $85,550
- p75
- $158,050
- p10
- $68,020
- p90
- $179,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -48%
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.