State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: Rhode Island vs Washington
Project Management Specialists in Washington earn a median of $124,160. In Rhode Island, $104,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.8% — not 15.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-15.7%
Rhode Island vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-11.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Rhode Island
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $104,680
- p25
- $79,890
- p75
- $132,750
- p10
- $63,750
- p90
- $170,050
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.