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Project Management Specialists

SOC 13-1082 · 2024-2034

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.

How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.

The job this trains for

Typical pay in California
$122,938per year
Projected openings
89,550
Projected change
+6.8%
Usually needs
Bachelor's degree

Bright Outlook — a U.S. Department of Labor designation
Rapid Growth · Numerous Job Openings

The Department's own designation, made from its national projections. It is not this project's assessment and it is not California's: every other figure on this page comes from California's projection, which can point the other way and for some occupations does.

Pay by region

RegionTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openings
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties)$138,7767,500
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties)$137,3368,440
Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties)$133,9147,970
San Rafael MD (Marin County)$124,419480
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties)$120,4025,200
Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County)$111,73440
Vallejo MSA (Solano County)$110,654550
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County)$109,8809,870
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County)$109,045900
Napa MSA (Napa County)$108,699290
Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County)$107,792780
Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County)$105,74510,750
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County)$105,74420,890
Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County)$104,054370
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County)$103,4741,180
Salinas MSA (Monterey County)$103,392360
El Centro MSA (Imperial County)$103,300140
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County)$103,107500
Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County)$102,8421,230
Chico MSA (Butte County)$102,587240
Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County)$102,526790
Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties)$102,007120
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties)$101,4775,680
Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties)$100,0621,380
Visalia MSA (Tulare County)$98,717360
Redding MSA (Shasta County)$97,770200
Merced MSA (Merced County)$97,261160
Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County)$97,261600
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties)$93,125170
North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties)$86,963290
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties)$84,335280

Similar work

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.

The job this trains forTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openingsProjected change
Computer Occupations, All Other$138,20359,320+11.1%
Management Analysts$103,162154,880+11.5%
Computer and Information Systems Managers$221,95282,270+16.5%
Logisticians$94,44838,460+19.5%
Construction Managers$135,39447,800+10.9%
General and Operations Managers$126,477264,410+6.7%

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