Project Manager salary in Ohio

Official occupation: 13-1082 Project Management Specialists · Reference period May 2025 · Data updated · Confidence 95/100

In Ohio, the median project manager earns $95,770 a year, 6% below the United States median of $102,320.

It ranks 33rd of 51 states with a published figure.

Pay is widely spread: the top 10% earn at least $160,570, 2.7 times the $59,280 that marks the bottom 10%.

About 34,260 people work in this occupation here, roughly in line with its national share (location quotient 0.90).

For context, the median across all occupations in Ohio is $49,380, so this role pays 1.9 times the local typical wage.

Published figures

Published and derived pay figures
MeasureOhioNational
Median annual pay Observed$95,770United States: $102,320
Mean annual pay Observed$102,210United States: $110,740
10th percentile Observed$59,280United States: $61,580
25th percentile Observed$74,420United States: $78,440
75th percentile Observed$126,570United States: $133,100
90th percentile Observed$160,570United States: $167,970
Median hourly pay Observed$46.04United States: $49.19
Employment (jobs) Observed34,260
Jobs per 1,000 employees Observed6.173
Location quotient Observed0.9
Difference from United States median ($102,320) Derived−6%
Rank among 51 states Derived33
Ratio to Ohio all-occupation median ($49,380) Derived1.94×
90th / 10th percentile ratio Derived2.71

Nearby in the ranking

  1. 31. Iowa$96,540
  2. 32. North Dakota$96,160
  3. 33. Ohio$95,770
  4. 34. Idaho$95,630
  5. 35. South Carolina$95,040

Largest cities in Ohio: Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Toledo, Akron (GeoNames). Figures are for the whole state, not individual cities.

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Source, method and data quality

  • Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 (Public domain (U.S. Government work)). Reference period: May 2025. Updates: Yearly (spring release).
  • Observed figures are copied from the published table without adjustment. Derived figures (rankings, ratios and differences) are calculated by us from those observed figures. No figure on this page is modeled or estimated.
  • Relative standard error (PRSE) published per estimate.
  • Confidence score: 95/100. Based on the published sampling error and job count. We only publish region pages scoring 60 or more that have at least 6 observed figures.
  • Place hierarchy from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Data last updated: .
  • Full method: methodology.