2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Project Management Specialists

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area. Estimated employment 18,840.

Data released May 2025 BLS OEWS · SOC 13-1082
Fig. 1 — The wage rule

Where you sit in the distribution

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$114,990 · 50th
$72,80010th
$89,81025th
$114,99050th
$147,62075th
$174,74090th

That is the medianhalf of project management specialists in Boston earn more.

Table 1 — Adjusted

$114,990 in Boston buys what $106,200 buys across the country as a whole.

Boston's regional price parity is 108.3 — well above the national average — a dollar here buys noticeably less than in the US as a whole. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.

Fig. 2 — The ladder

What comes next

Median offered base pay by seniority for Project Management Specialists in Boston, classified from job titles on visa filings.

Mid
$91,770
Senior
$115,000
Lead
$145,000
Table 2 — Nearby metros

The same job, elsewhere in Massachusetts

Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.

Metro areaMedianAdjustedRPPvs. Boston
Boston This page$114,990$106,200108.3
Pittsfield$104,640$110,00095.1+3.6%
Barnstable Town$102,980$104,70098.4−1.4%
Worcester$100,290$97,800102.5−7.9%
Springfield$94,880$98,80096.1−7.0%
Amherst Town$85,320$85,100100.2−19.9%

Price parity and difference against Boston are in the full table on wider screens.

Sources

How this page was made

Wage data
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
Price parity
Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
Career ladder
Seniority classified from job titles on the same visa filings; levels shown only with five or more filings each and a strictly rising progression.
Employment
18,840 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
Occupation
SOC 13-1082, Project Management Specialists. Mapped to our taxonomy as project-management-specialists.

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