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Project Management Specialists pay in California and Washington
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Project Management Specialists is $120,910 per year in California. It is $124,160 per year in Washington. California is 2.6% below Washington on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 13-1082 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 114,380 wage and salary jobs in California and 36,240 in Washington. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings