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Highest-paying Cities for Project Management Specialists

The top 100 highest paying cities for project management specialists (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of project management specialists in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $137,710, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is the highest paying city for project management specialists. It is followed by San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California (average annual salary $127,390). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of project management specialists in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Project Management Specialists

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$137,710	$79,000	10,630
2	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$127,390	$67,710	20,170
3	Mobile, Alabama	$111,040	$60,950	50
4	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$108,780	$65,000	60,220
5	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$107,860	$67,620	14,600
6	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$106,060	$64,110	33,460
7	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$105,410	$59,000	670
8	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$105,030	$46,540	220
9	Ithaca, New York	$104,630	$49,880	210
10	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$104,020	$62,000	1,930

11	Walla Walla, Washington	$103,480	$62,000	40
12	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$102,780	$60,730	9,540
13	Binghamton, New York	$102,730	$62,750	480
14	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$102,680	$52,140	350
15	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$102,400	$61,170	5,190
16	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$102,160	$60,990	21,520
17	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$102,080	$55,420	16,660
18	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington	$101,920	$55,600	100
19	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$101,780	$60,020	7,490
20	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$101,660	$61,350	2,380
21	California-Lexington Park, Maryland	$101,640	$62,840	730
22	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$101,270	$59,990	590
23	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$101,220	$62,830	2,760
24	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida	$101,050	$50,610	2,470
25	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$101,020	$56,700	380
26	Boulder, Colorado	$100,680	$60,620	2,470
27	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$100,590	$62,220	1,100
28	Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, Louisiana	$100,560	$57,940	310
29	Midland, Texas	$100,510	$58,380	750
30	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$100,190	$58,870	900
31	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$100,170	$57,800	12,060
32	Odessa, Texas	$100,090	$48,420	300
33	Olympia, Washington	$100,030	$60,590	390
34	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$99,880	$57,230	21,610
35	Anchorage, Alaska	$99,730	$63,120	750
36	Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$99,710	$61,860	n/a
37	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$99,670	$61,560	640
38	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$99,300	$59,430	17,590
39	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$99,010	$59,400	2,640
40	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$98,880	$54,080	34,720
41	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$98,870	$55,280	200
42	New Haven, Connecticut	$98,850	$61,160	1,180
43	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$98,760	$61,380	2,730
44	Charlottesville, Virginia	$98,660	$56,550	750
45	Napa, California	$98,440	$58,560	220
46	Monroe, Michigan	$98,020	$54,400	130
47	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$97,610	$60,050	310
48	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$97,610	$59,250	930
49	Hanford-Corcoran, California	$97,520	$58,950	50
50	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$97,420	$61,430	100
51	Huntsville, Alabama	$97,300	$58,740	320
52	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$97,210	$61,550	3,200
53	Appleton, Wisconsin	$97,130	$56,020	800
54	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$96,990	$53,940	2,870
55	Rochester, New York	$96,980	$55,600	3,210
56	Modesto, California	$96,870	$54,380	520
57	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$96,840	$54,720	14,080
58	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$96,760	$54,290	510
59	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$96,740	$58,560	5,060
60	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$96,550	$51,120	300
61	Yuba City, California	$96,440	$52,960	130
62	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$96,360	$60,600	5,520
63	Stockton, California	$96,220	$54,220	720
64	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$96,170	$50,030	30,550
65	Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina	$95,880	$45,840	700
66	Warner Robins, Georgia	$95,860	$41,280	300
67	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$95,850	$58,780	200
68	Dalton, Georgia	$95,740	$49,390	200
69	Oshkosh-Neenah, Wisconsin	$95,630	$59,800	620
70	Spokane, Washington	$95,570	$60,240	700
71	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$95,330	$54,220	14,440
72	Columbus, Georgia	$95,330	$52,120	470
73	Springfield, Massachusetts	$95,170	$56,030	1,180
74	Southwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$95,160	$48,410	200
75	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$95,120	$54,530	1,040
76	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$94,940	$50,470	25,740
77	Rochester, Minnesota	$94,920	$59,860	290
78	Worcester, Massachusetts	$94,850	$50,900	1,470
79	Fond du Lac, Wisconsin	$94,770	$57,790	280
80	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$94,650	$47,560	1,080
81	Madera-Chowchilla, California	$94,630	$49,870	110
82	Casper, Wyoming	$94,300	$57,400	100
83	Columbus, Ohio	$93,970	$52,000	6,940
84	Syracuse, New York	$93,880	$59,300	1,590
85	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$93,850	$54,220	1,860
86	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$93,630	$53,050	340
87	El Centro, California	$93,560	$52,590	130
88	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$93,390	$58,410	4,940
89	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$93,330	$52,000	270
90	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$93,180	$53,420	5,820
91	Kankakee-Bradley, Illinois	$93,010	$50,320	90
92	Madison, Wisconsin	$93,000	$59,790	2,880
93	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$92,990	$50,360	220
94	Yakima, Washington	$92,800	$60,150	100
95	Bellingham, Washington	$92,590	$60,930	260
96	Montgomery, Alabama	$92,370	$47,430	30
97	Salinas, California	$91,850	$53,710	390
98	Northwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$91,760	$49,310	330
99	Rocky Mount, North Carolina	$91,710	$52,020	130
100	Jacksonville, Florida	$91,660	$53,160	4,860