Project Management Specialists salary in North Dakota

The median wage for Project Management Specialists in North Dakota was $89,660 in 2024, about 11% below the US median of $100,946. That gap is real, but it is not the whole picture.

North Dakota's cost of living sits at 91.9 on BEA's regional price index, meaning goods and services cost roughly 8% less here than the national baseline. After adjusting for that, the $89,660 nominal figure translates to purchasing power closer to $97,500 in national-baseline dollars. The effective gap with the US median shrinks to well under 4%.

The spread between earners here is wide. A project manager at the 10th percentile earned $58,930 in 2024. One at the 90th earned $136,630. That is a difference of more than $77,000 between the lowest and highest earners in the same occupation in the same state. Some of that reflects experience and industry. A project manager working energy infrastructure in western North Dakota earns differently than one coordinating construction projects near Fargo. The data do not separate those segments, but the spread signals that where you work and what you manage matters as much as the state you are in.

The mean wage of $95,200 sits well above the median of $89,660, which tells us a smaller group of higher-paid project managers pulls the average up. If you are comparing offers, the median is the more useful anchor for what a typical job pays.

BLS projects this occupation to grow 5.6% nationally between 2024 and 2034, a pace it classifies as faster than average. North Dakota employs around 1,720 people in this role, a small base relative to larger states, so individual hiring cycles can shift the local market more than the national trend would suggest.