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Project Management Specialist Salary in New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana

The annual salary statistics of project management specialists in New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana is shown in Table 1. The wage information of project management specialists in New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Project Management Specialists in New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$43,380
25th Percentile Wage
$59,790
50th Percentile Wage
$76,740
75th Percentile Wage
$101,370
90th Percentile Wage
$118,840

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for project management specialists in New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $118,840. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $76,740. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $43,380.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of project management specialists from 2012 to 2022. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.

YearMedian Salary Growth1-Year Growth
2022
$76,740
-0.99% -0.99%
2021
$77,500
- -

Table 2. Compare Project Management Specialist Salary in New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner with Other Louisiana Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $76,740 in New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner is in the middle of salary range for project management specialists in state of Louisiana. In comparison, the annual salary of project management specialists in New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner is 23.7 percent (23.7%) lower than that in the highest paying Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux and 27.4 percent (27.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying Monroe.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux
$100,560
Lake Charles
$79,070
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area
$77,960
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner
$76,740
Baton Rouge
$76,600
Winnsboro nonmetropolitan area
$75,840
Shreveport-Bossier City
$74,980
Lafayette
$74,900
Alexandria
$65,610
Hammond
$63,400
Natchitoches nonmetropolitan area
$60,730
Monroe
$55,750

See also: Top paying jobs in New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana.