State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: New York vs Pennsylvania
Project Management Specialists in New York earn a median of $121,040. In Pennsylvania, $100,150. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.3% — not 20.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+20.9%
New York vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+9.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New York
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $121,040
- p25
- $91,660
- p75
- $160,220
- p10
- $74,580
- p90
- $192,160
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -31%
Pennsylvania
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $100,150
- p25
- $78,370
- p75
- $128,640
- p10
- $61,600
- p90
- $160,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -55%
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.