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State comparison · 2025

Project Management Specialists salary: New York vs Pennsylvania

Occupation

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%
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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%
See full breakdown for Pennsylvania

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.