Where Project Management Specialists Earn the Most in the U.S.

If you’re currently in your career as a Project Manager, are you reaching your full earnings potential? If not, there’s certainly opportunity out there.

This colorful and fascinating visualization from Financial Force dives into the average salaries of Project Management Specialists, to see just where people in the career fields of project management are making the most and least amounts of money.

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Where do Project Managers make the most money?

Project Management Specialists earn the most in San Jose, California, where the average annual salary is $133,950. Aside from San Jose, the only other metropolitan area in the United States where Project Managers earn more than $130,000 annually is Birmingham, Alabama ($130,250).

Per the research and data from the team at Financial Force, it was found that these were the ten metropolitan areas where Project Management Specialists earned the most on an annual basis.

1. San Jose, California: $133,950 annually
2. Birmingham, Alabama: $130,250 annually
3. Seattle, Washington: $125,330 annually
4. San Francisco, California: $124,430 annually
5. New York, New York: $116,230 annually
6. Washington, D.C.: $114,540 annually
7. Boulder, Colorado: $110,130 annually
8. Western Wyoming: $109,490 annually
9. Decatur, Illinois: $109,190 annually
10. Durham, North Carolina: $109,180 annually

Which State pays the most for Project Management Specialists?

In New Mexico, Project Management Specialists can earn an average annual salary of $123,160, which is the most of any U.S. state. Other states with annual mean wages of more than $110,000 across the United States include Washington ($120,800), New York ($111,890), New Jersey ($111,460) and Virginia ($109,980).

According to the data and research shown on this visualization, it was determined that these were the ten states where Project Management Specialists made the most annually.

1. New Mexico: $123,160 annually
2. Washington: $120,800 annually
3. New York: $111,890 annually
4. New Jersey: $111,460 annually
5. Virginia: $109,980 annually
6. Alabama: $109,100 annually
7. California: $108,990 annually
8. Delaware: $106,930 annually
9. Massachusetts: $106,690 annually
10. Illinois: $104,520 annually

The average annual salaries for Project Management Specialists in these ten metropolitan areas across the country are especially impressive considering that the average salary range in general is $65,567 to $77,401 annually.