Project Management Specialists
About 78,200 projected annual openings shape how to read Project Management Specialists against Financial Risk Specialists, Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists, Business Operations Specialists, All Other, Financial and Investment Analysts.
Same-major-group titles next to Project Management Specialists: Financial Risk Specialists ($117K) , Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists ($79K) , Business Operations Specialists, All Other ($83K) , Financial and Investment Analysts ($103K) . Hash-ordered per card so residual SOC siblings do not share an identical peer sentence.
What Project Management Specialists publish as work
O*NET task statements for SOC 13-1082 - occupation-level descriptions, not every employer's posting. Sibling cards diverge here because the task set is entity-keyed.
- 1. Assign duties or responsibilities to project personnel
- 2. Communicate with key stakeholders to determine project requirements and objectives
- 3. Confer with project personnel to identify and resolve problems
- 4. Create project status presentations for delivery to customers or project personnel
- 5. Develop or update project plans including information such as objectives, technologies, schedules, funding, and staffing
- 6. Identify project needs such as resources, staff, or finances by reviewing project objectives and schedules
- 7. Identify, review, or select vendors or consultants to meet project needs
- 8. Monitor costs incurred by project staff to identify budget issues
- 9. Monitor project milestones and deliverables
- 10. Monitor the performance of project team members to provide performance feedback
- 11. Negotiate with project stakeholders or suppliers to obtain resources or materials
- 12. Plan, schedule, or coordinate project activities to meet deadlines
Typical Entry and Preparation Assignments
Top Paying States for Project Management Specialists
Other Business and Financial Operations Occupations titles
- 1. Business Operations Specialists, All Other $83,050
- 2. Financial and Investment Analysts $102,740
- 3. Financial Risk Specialists $117,330
- 4. Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists $78,760
- 5. Compliance Officers $80,730
- 6. Credit Analysts $83,510
Roughly 78,200 projected annual openings (growth, transfers, exits) are the scale signal for Project Management Specialists. Median pay is $102,320 in Business and Financial Operations Occupations.
Employment Projections expect +6% change between 2024 and 2034 (faster than average vs baseline 3.1%). BLS assigns Bachelor's degree as typical education needed for entry. These are occupation-level assignments, not universal requirements. BLS does not publish a separate occupation-specific safety rate for this role; its broad SOC-group rate is excluded from this career card's grade.
Highest published state median in this ranking: New Jersey at $122,980. The table records differences without proving causes. Highest-pay peer shown here: Financial Risk Specialists at $117,330. Compare the same statistic in the relevant local wage area before treating the national median as a personal benchmark; OEWS excludes employer benefits.
Project Management Specialists pay-rank #4 in Business and Financial Operations Occupations
Among 32 detailed Business and Financial Operations Occupations with a published OEWS median, Project Management Specialists is pay-rank #4, the upper third of that major group. The order is ROW_NUMBER on national median (title as tiebreak), not a worker-level percentile.
Data from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025. Projections from BLS Employment Projections program, 2024-2034.
Project Management Specialists next: salary map, states, and peers
SOC 13-1082 · national median $102,320 · upper third of Business and Financial Operations Occupations (#4/32). Open the full OEWS map or a named state before treating the card median as a local ask.
Project Management Specialists salary map
State, metro, and percentile for SOC 13-1082
New Jersey · top state for Project Management Specialists
$123K published median
Oregon · #2 state pay
$105K · behind New Jersey
Financial Risk Specialists
Highest-pay peer vs Project Management Specialists · $117K
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists
Lower-pay peer beside Project Management Specialists · $79K
Compare Project Management Specialists
Head-to-head OEWS medians with another SOC
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Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Wage and state figures use BLS OEWS May 2025; growth and education use BLS Employment Projections for 2024-2034; safety fields cite BLS CFOI/SOII; task statements cite O*NET where shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OES Occupational wage estimates by area and industry · 2025
Federal sources on this Project Management Specialists card
- BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS / OES) - national median and percentiles for SOC 13-1082. bls.gov/oes
- O*NET OnLine - task and skill statements for Project Management Specialists. onetcenter.org
- BLS Employment Projections - 2024-2034 change and openings for this occupation. bls.gov/emp
- U.S. Census Bureau ACS - demographic and labor-force context for state and metro geography. census.gov/programs-surveys/acs
- IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) - payroll-tax aggregate context for wage comparisons. irs.gov/statistics