State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: New York vs Texas
Project Management Specialists in New York earn a median of $121,040. In Texas, $98,440. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.7% — not 23%.
Nominal pay gap
+23%
New York vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+10.7%
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%
Texas
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $98,440
- p25
- $74,810
- p75
- $129,370
- p10
- $57,460
- p90
- $162,780
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -42%
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.