The highest-paying states 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 states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $106,060, District of Columbia is the highest paying state for project management specialists. It is followed by New Jersey (average annual salary $105,960). 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 state, use the links in the table.
| Rank | State | Average Salary i | Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | District of Columbia | $106,060 |
$66,000 | 7,320 |
| 2 | New Jersey | $105,960 |
$66,150 | 19,300 |
| 3 | Washington | $105,880 |
$65,010 | 18,450 |
| 4 | New York | $105,720 |
$62,640 | 63,090 |
| 5 | Delaware | $104,900 |
$67,670 | 1,520 |
| 6 | California | $104,110 |
$60,430 | 101,770 |
| 7 | Virginia | $102,800 |
$60,460 | 30,420 |
| 8 | Massachusetts | $101,470 |
$59,620 | 25,310 |
| 9 | Connecticut | $100,080 |
$59,990 | 7,240 |
| 10 | Georgia | $98,820 |
$50,880 | 22,320 |
| 11 | Alabama | $98,810 |
$51,690 | 900 |
| 12 | Rhode Island | $98,780 |
$61,920 | 3,060 |
| 13 | Alaska | $98,390 |
$60,050 | 1,210 |
| 14 | Maryland | $98,020 |
$56,300 | 29,810 |
| 15 | Colorado | $97,380 |
$57,090 | 27,340 |
| 16 | New Mexico | $96,420 |
$58,430 | 4,390 |
| 17 | Illinois | $95,000 |
$52,840 | 26,670 |
| 18 | North Carolina | $93,820 |
$54,950 | 23,520 |
| 19 | Kansas | $92,660 |
$49,580 | 2,230 |
| 20 | Wisconsin | $91,700 |
$56,710 | 16,070 |
| 21 | Michigan | $91,320 |
$52,530 | 22,720 |
| 22 | Wyoming | $88,410 |
$53,570 | 790 |
| 23 | Minnesota | $86,590 |
$60,590 | 16,710 |
| 24 | Pennsylvania | $85,220 |
$50,480 | 27,880 |
| 25 | New Hampshire | $84,880 |
$51,420 | 3,700 |
| 26 | Texas | $84,660 |
$48,330 | 96,070 |
| 27 | Oregon | $83,830 |
$53,130 | 17,610 |
| 28 | Ohio | $83,410 |
$48,580 | 29,510 |
| 29 | Florida | $82,960 |
$50,000 | 62,260 |
| 30 | Utah | $82,390 |
$48,090 | 12,830 |
| 31 | Missouri | $82,170 |
$48,880 | 16,290 |
| 32 | Arizona | $82,010 |
$46,410 | 23,670 |
| 33 | Maine | $81,220 |
$51,340 | 2,200 |
| 34 | Oklahoma | $81,210 |
$46,910 | 7,690 |
| 35 | Nevada | $81,050 |
$47,630 | 4,450 |
| 36 | South Carolina | $80,640 |
$52,000 | 7,950 |
| 37 | Iowa | $80,070 |
$49,560 | 5,440 |
| 38 | Kentucky | $79,450 |
$47,820 | 7,160 |
| 39 | Nebraska | $79,350 |
$50,810 | 2,150 |
| 40 | North Dakota | $78,570 |
$48,880 | 1,600 |
| 41 | Arkansas | $78,510 |
$45,680 | 4,580 |
| 42 | Indiana | $78,480 |
$48,880 | 10,040 |
| 43 | West Virginia | $76,950 |
$45,440 | 1,530 |
| 44 | Hawaii | $76,930 |
$50,280 | 1,090 |
| 45 | Montana | $76,330 |
$48,520 | 1,840 |
| 46 | Idaho | $76,100 |
$40,100 | 4,260 |
| 47 | Louisiana | $75,760 |
$41,600 | 4,820 |
| 48 | Mississippi | $74,830 |
$44,610 | 2,100 |
| 49 | Tennessee | $72,890 |
$45,720 | 11,380 |
| 50 | Vermont | $72,810 |
$49,820 | 790 |
| 51 | South Dakota | $65,860 |
$48,010 | 850 |
| 52 | Virgin Islands | $64,480 |
$45,550 | 50 |
| 53 | Puerto Rico | $49,920 |
$22,920 | 530 |
| 54 | Guam | $48,190 |
$37,530 | 160 |