How much do Project Management Specialists make in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL?

Percentile spread

For Project Management Specialists, the published 10th percentile is $60,480 and the 90th percentile is $131,040. The difference is $70,560, which is 75.1% 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 $69,050 to the 75th at $100,360, covers $31,310.

The mean annual wage is $93,560, which sits below the median of $93,950. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL median is 8.2% lower than the national median of $102,320 for Project Management Specialists. In 2024 national prices the local median is $110,768, which is 8.3% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 6.8% lower than the Alabama median of $100,820.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL is 84.817, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $93,950 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Project Management Specialists at $110,768 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

16 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Project Management Specialists. Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL ranks 5th of 17 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).).

• Decatur, AL is 41 miles away, with a median of $106,140 and employment of 100. That median is 13% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $121,703, against $110,768 here.
• Huntsville, AL is 56 miles away, with a median of $112,130 and employment of 850. That median is 19.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $120,477, against $110,768 here.
• Jackson, TN is 93 miles away, with a median of $81,450 and employment of 330. That median is 13.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $95,239, against $110,768 here.

Employment share

Project Management Specialists accounts for 0.14% of wage-and-salary employment in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL (80 of 56,100). Nationally the occupation is 0.69% of employment (1,066,670 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.21 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.