An official website of Washington State government
Project Management Specialists
Analyze and coordinate the schedule, timeline, procurement, staffing, and budget of a product or service on a per project basis. Lead and guide the work of technical staff. May serve as a point of contact for the client or customer.
What a project management specialist does
Become a project management specialist
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good project management specialist
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
- Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
- Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.
- Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Typical hourly rate is $65 per hour with a typical salary of $130,900 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $45 and $82 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $51,100 and $138,600 per year.
- 48% of individuals in this occupation have been employed in every quarter of the past year.
Part-time
- The typical hourly rate for part-time workers is $58 per hour with a typical salary of $64,100 per year.
Project Management Specialist job outlook
- There are 18,449 workers in this occupation in Washington.
Multiple Jobs
- 2% of individuals in this occupation worked for more than one employer.
- 11% of individuals in this occupation held a position in another.