Project Management Specialists · SOC 13-1082

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Project Management Specialistss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for project management specialists. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 389 metro areas

Project Management Specialists: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Dothan, AL	$135,260	60	1.0
2	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$135,120	10,300	9.1
3	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$135,040	20,770	8.8
4	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$130,380	26,910	12.9
5	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$127,030	38,230	12.2
6	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$126,660	68,910	7.3
7	Kennewick-Richland, WA	$125,940	1,260	9.7
8	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$124,350	6,860	6.4
9	Peoria, IL	$123,730	730	4.4
10	Boulder, CO	$122,040	2,920	15.2
11	Hanford-Corcoran, CA	$118,380	90	1.8
12	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$117,460	10,740	7.0
13	Warner Robins, GA	$116,980	350	4.6
14	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$116,740	20,710	12.9
15	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$114,990	18,840	7.0
16	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$113,750	1,680	7.0
17	Huntsville, AL	$112,130	850	3.2
18	Colorado Springs, CO	$111,740	3,200	10.1
19	Kokomo, IN	$110,920	70	2.0
20	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$109,990	1,960	4.9
21	Dover, DE	$109,940	100	1.5
22	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$109,850	3,240	7.2
23	Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	$109,800	920	7.3
24	Napa, CA	$109,060	310	3.9
25	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	$108,980	380	7.2

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Project Management Specialists overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.