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Salary data from BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Average Project Management Specialists Salary in Grand Island, NE

Project Management Specialists in Grand Island, NE earn a median annual salary of $76,970, which is -23.6% compared to the national median. There are 80 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Grand Island, NE (metro area).

$76,970
Grand Island, NE median annual wage
$37/hour median
-23.6%
Difference vs national median
National median is $100,750
80
Local employment
1.9 jobs per 1,000 workers
0.30
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$53,020
25th
$60,920
Median
$76,970
75th
$91,240
90th
$129,660

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Grand Island, NE, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
86.7%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$88,821
Goods: 94.1%
Services: 74.2%
Rents: 61.7%

Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Grand Island, NE

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Chief Executives$174,8001.65
Physician Assistants$131,1501.13
Nurse Practitioners$129,7901.00
Pharmacists$129,2900.99
Computer And Information Systems Managers$128,8000.37
Architectural And Engineering Managers$123,9500.68
Human Resources Managers$123,9200.59
Financial Managers$122,6200.74

Grand Island, NE has salary data for 191 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Chief Executives.

Historical series

Trend for Project Management Specialists in Grand Island, NE

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Project Management Specialists are projected to change by +5.6% from 2024 to 2034, with 78,200 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.