State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: New Jersey vs Wisconsin
Project Management Specialists in New Jersey earn a median of $122,980. In Wisconsin, $97,580. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9% — not 26%.
Nominal pay gap
+26%
New Jersey vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+9%
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%
Wisconsin
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $97,580
- p25
- $76,720
- p75
- $123,850
- p10
- $60,840
- p90
- $139,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +9%
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.