How much do Project Management Specialists make in Baton Rouge, LA?

Percentile spread

For Project Management Specialists, the published 10th percentile is $59,150 and the 90th percentile is $153,970. The difference is $94,820, which is 109.4% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $68,460 to the 75th at $123,900, covers $55,440.

The mean annual wage is $98,730, which sits above the median of $86,650. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Baton Rouge, LA median is 15.3% lower than the national median of $102,320 for Project Management Specialists. In 2024 national prices the local median is $95,451, which is 6.7% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2.1% higher than the Louisiana median of $84,850.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Baton Rouge, LA is 90.780, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $86,650 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Project Management Specialists at $95,451 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

13 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Project Management Specialists. Baton Rouge, LA ranks 6th of 14 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Hammond, LA is 43 miles away, with a median of $76,260 and employment of 100. That median is 12% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $90,291, against $95,451 here.
• Lafayette, LA is 70 miles away, with a median of $80,720 and employment of 660. That median is 6.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $92,559, against $95,451 here.
• Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA is 70 miles away, with a median of $97,030 and employment of 480. That median is 12% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $104,642, against $95,451 here.

Employment share

Project Management Specialists accounts for 0.56% of wage-and-salary employment in Baton Rouge, LA (2,290 of 409,690). Nationally the occupation is 0.69% of employment (1,066,670 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.81 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.