State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: Pennsylvania vs Washington
Project Management Specialists in Washington earn a median of $124,160. In Pennsylvania, $100,150. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.6% — not 19.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-19.3%
Pennsylvania vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-11.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Washington
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $124,160
- p25
- $92,830
- p75
- $162,490
- p10
- $74,750
- p90
- $202,120
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -30%
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.