State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: South Carolina vs Washington
Project Management Specialists in Washington earn a median of $124,160. In South Carolina, $95,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.6% — not 23.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-23.5%
South Carolina vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-12.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
South Carolina
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $95,040
- p25
- $72,960
- p75
- $125,480
- p10
- $56,710
- p90
- $159,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -22%
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.