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Project Management Specialists pay in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL and Dothan, AL
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Project Management Specialists is $100,180 per year in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL. It is $135,260 per year in Dothan, AL. Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL is 25.9% below Dothan, AL 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 860 wage and salary jobs in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL and 60 in Dothan, AL. 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