State comparison · 2025
Project Management Specialists salary: Washington vs West Virginia
Project Management Specialists in Washington earn a median of $124,160. In West Virginia, $91,780. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.2% — not 35.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+35.3%
Washington vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+13.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
West Virginia
Project Management Specialists
- Median
- $91,780
- p25
- $65,370
- p75
- $125,050
- p10
- $54,070
- p90
- $149,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
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.