Project Management Specialists
United States. Estimated employment 1,066,670, with pages for 123 metro areas below.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 13-1082
Fig. 1 — The wage rule
Where you sit in the distribution
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$102,320 · 50th
$61,58010th
$78,44025th
$102,32050th
$133,10075th
$167,97090th
That is the median — half of project management specialists in the US earn more.
Table 1 — By metro area
Where it pays
Every published Project Management Specialists page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.
| Metro area | Median | Employment |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose, CA | $135,120 | 10,300 |
| San Francisco, CA | $135,040 | 20,770 |
| Seattle, WA | $130,380 | 26,910 |
| Washington, DC | $127,030 | 38,230 |
| New York, NY | $126,660 | 68,910 |
| Kennewick, WA | $125,940 | 1,260 |
| Sacramento, CA | $124,350 | 6,860 |
| Peoria, IL | $123,730 | 730 |
| Boulder, CO | $122,040 | 2,920 |
| San Diego, CA | $117,460 | 10,740 |
| Warner Robins, GA | $116,980 | 350 |
| Denver, CO | $116,740 | 20,710 |
| Boston, MA | $114,990 | 18,840 |
| Colorado Springs, CO | $111,740 | 3,200 |
| Albany, NY | $109,850 | 3,240 |
| Napa, CA | $109,060 | 310 |
| Mount Vernon, WA | $108,980 | 380 |
| San Luis Obispo, CA | $108,730 | 640 |
| Portland, OR | $108,340 | 14,440 |
| Los Angeles, CA | $108,310 | 38,540 |
| Wenatchee, WA | $106,760 | 240 |
| Binghamton, NY | $106,580 | 540 |
| Rochester, MN | $106,270 | 460 |
| Syracuse, NY | $105,390 | 1,800 |
| Detroit, MI | $105,350 | 13,230 |
| Chicago, IL | $105,320 | 21,040 |
| Charlotte, NC | $105,200 | 11,570 |
| Durham, NC | $104,870 | 3,180 |
| Pittsfield, MA | $104,640 | 210 |
| Bremerton, WA | $104,630 | 470 |
| Philadelphia, PA | $104,160 | 17,210 |
| Watertown, NY | $104,110 | 140 |
| Palm Bay, FL | $103,870 | 2,190 |
| Baltimore, MD | $103,720 | 14,700 |
| Lexington Park, MD | $103,700 | 980 |
| Ann Arbor, MI | $103,690 | 1,430 |
| Rochester, NY | $103,520 | 3,350 |
| Atlanta, GA | $103,400 | 21,060 |
| Bellingham, WA | $103,400 | 660 |
| Olympia, WA | $103,000 | 810 |
| Barnstable Town, MA | $102,980 | 240 |
| Salem, OR | $102,730 | 1,420 |
| Kiryas Joel, NY | $102,650 | 1,300 |
| Austin, TX | $102,390 | 17,470 |
| Raleigh, NC | $102,280 | 7,930 |
| Pueblo, CO | $101,870 | 420 |
| Longview, WA | $101,440 | 230 |
| Fort Collins, CO | $101,310 | 1,630 |
| Augusta, GA | $101,280 | 1,460 |
| Buffalo, NY | $101,180 | 3,050 |
| Bloomington, IL | $101,110 | 460 |
| Kansas City, MO | $101,050 | 8,380 |
| Phoenix, AZ | $100,780 | 17,790 |
| St. Louis, MO | $100,510 | 10,450 |
| Beaumont, TX | $100,470 | 1,670 |
| Worcester, MA | $100,290 | 1,400 |
| Monroe, MI | $100,290 | 120 |
| Jackson, MI | $100,280 | 210 |
| Midland, MI | $100,190 | 200 |
| Crestview, FL | $100,180 | 860 |
| York, PA | $100,170 | 1,160 |
| Allentown, PA | $100,050 | 1,850 |
| Springfield, IL | $100,030 | 490 |
| Greensboro, NC | $99,690 | 2,080 |
| Houston, TX | $99,510 | 35,550 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | $99,320 | 7,280 |
| Jacksonville, FL | $99,270 | 5,730 |
| Naples, FL | $99,250 | 1,050 |
| Savannah, GA | $98,930 | 860 |
| Dallas, TX | $98,900 | 43,120 |
| Albany, GA | $98,850 | 130 |
| Miami, FL | $98,720 | 19,340 |
| Pensacola, FL | $98,670 | 1,280 |
| Odessa, TX | $98,590 | 480 |
| Dalton, GA | $98,590 | 300 |
| Columbus, GA | $98,470 | 400 |
| Midland, TX | $98,170 | 930 |
| Reading, PA | $98,040 | 780 |
| Greeley, CO | $97,950 | 940 |
| Minneapolis, MN | $97,860 | 15,450 |
| Harrisburg, PA | $97,850 | 1,910 |
| Tampa, FL | $97,780 | 11,660 |
| Battle Creek, MI | $97,600 | 190 |
| Kalamazoo, MI | $97,590 | 640 |
| Asheville, NC | $97,470 | 950 |
| Bend, OR | $97,280 | 920 |
| Lansing, MI | $97,050 | 1,350 |
| Cape Coral, FL | $96,600 | 2,750 |
| Duluth, MN | $96,550 | 470 |
| Orlando, FL | $96,390 | 11,690 |
| St. Cloud, MN | $96,390 | 380 |
| Lancaster, PA | $95,820 | 1,430 |
| Pinehurst, NC | $95,280 | 210 |
| Springfield, MA | $94,880 | 610 |
| Rockford, IL | $94,690 | 390 |
| Grand Junction, CO | $94,690 | 380 |
| Greenville, NC | $94,540 | 470 |
| Eugene, OR | $93,880 | 1,090 |
| Erie, PA | $93,590 | 520 |
| San Antonio, TX | $92,130 | 9,990 |
| Albany, OR | $92,130 | 200 |
| Tucson, AZ | $91,500 | 2,310 |
| Medford, OR | $91,030 | 420 |
| Rocky Mount, NC | $91,010 | 290 |
| Champaign, IL | $90,770 | 310 |
| Corpus Christi, TX | $90,320 | 1,390 |
| St. Joseph, MO | $89,670 | 210 |
| Rome, GA | $89,320 | 100 |
| Hagerstown, MD | $88,600 | 570 |
| Prescott Valley, AZ | $88,370 | 250 |
| Corvallis, OR | $85,420 | 320 |
| Lake Havasu City, AZ | $85,400 | 220 |
| Amherst Town, MA | $85,320 | 210 |
| Yuma, AZ | $84,910 | 240 |
| Sierra Vista, AZ | $84,610 | 160 |
| Mankato, MN | $80,970 | 220 |
| Columbia, MO | $80,870 | 580 |
| Salisbury, MD | $80,400 | 320 |
| Jefferson City, MO | $79,980 | 500 |
| Cape Girardeau, MO | $78,150 | 200 |
| Springfield, MO | $78,060 | 1,230 |
| Flagstaff, AZ | $77,940 | 320 |
| Joplin, MO | $77,760 | 330 |
Sources
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Employment
- 1,066,670 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 13-1082, Project Management Specialists. Mapped to our taxonomy as project-management-specialists.
Percentiles are reported exactly as released and are never interpolated between published values. We take no payment from employers, recruiters or anyone else for how any figure is presented.