State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: New Jersey vs West Virginia
Project Management Specialists in New Jersey earn a median of $122,980. In West Virginia, $91,780. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.2% — not 34%.
Nominal pay gap
+34%
New Jersey vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+10.2%
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%
West Virginia
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $91,780
- p25
- $65,370
- p75
- $125,050
- p10
- $54,070
- p90
- $149,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
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.