Project Management Specialists pay in New York-Newark-Jersey City
$131,730avg. a year
$63.33 an hour · 68,910 employed
Project Management Specialists in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area earn an average of $131,730 a year. That is $5,470 (4%) more than the New York average of $126,260. The U.S. average is $110,740.
$126,660Median pay
$63.33Average hourly
+4%vs. New York average
68,910Jobs in this metro
Other New York metro areas
Average pay for project management specialists in other New York metro areas. Swipe to see all 12.
1540 jobs
Binghamton, NY
$116,450
$55.99 an hour
23,240 jobs
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
$115,950
$55.75 an hour
31,300 jobs
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY
$114,350
$54.97 an hour
41,800 jobs
Syracuse, NY
$112,220
$53.95 an hour
53,350 jobs
Rochester, NY
$108,090
$51.96 an hour
6420 jobs
Utica-Rome, NY
$106,070
$51.00 an hour
73,050 jobs
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY
$105,620
$50.78 an hour
8140 jobs
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY
$103,970
$49.99 an hour
9150 jobs
Elmira, NY
$103,160
$49.59 an hour
10210 jobs
Kingston, NY
$102,440
$49.25 an hour
11170 jobs
Glens Falls, NY
$101,730
$48.91 an hour
12240 jobs
Ithaca, NY
$101,220
$48.66 an hour
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How New York-Newark-Jersey City compares
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Questions and answers
How much do project management specialists make in New York-Newark-Jersey City?
The average is $131,730 a year, and the median is $126,660. About 68,910 people work in this job in the metro area.
Is that more than the New York average?
That is $5,470 (4%) more than the New York average of $126,260.
Is this job common in New York-Newark-Jersey City?
It makes up 7.3 of every 1,000 jobs in the metro area, 1.06 times the national share.
Sources and notes. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025, occupation code 13-1082. Metro area: New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan statistical area (BLS area code 35620). Wages are gross pay before taxes and don't include overtime premiums, tips, bonuses or benefits; self-employed workers aren't included. How we use the data. JobPayFacts isn't affiliated with BLS.