State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: Tennessee vs Washington
Project Management Specialists in Washington earn a median of $124,160. In Tennessee, $85,890. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.5% — not 30.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-30.8%
Tennessee vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-19.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Tennessee
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $85,890
- p25
- $70,220
- p75
- $112,350
- p10
- $56,450
- p90
- $135,350
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -26%
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.