State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: South Dakota vs Washington
Project Management Specialists in Washington earn a median of $124,160. In South Dakota, $82,250. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20% — not 33.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-33.8%
South Dakota vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-20%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
South Dakota
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $82,250
- p25
- $67,630
- p75
- $104,180
- p10
- $58,000
- p90
- $130,400
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
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.