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Project Management Specialist Workplace Records
A project management specialist’s performance may be judged against milestones controlled by several teams. A useful employment record distinguishes what you coordinated from decisions made by the sponsor, client or staffing manager. Start with the project phase and your assigned responsibility, then show how instructions, resources and expectations changed around the disputed event.
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A record map for your role
What to organize first
Milestone history
List the baseline deadline, change requests and approved revisions, with the dates you learned of each rather than a reconstructed final plan.
Dependency notes
Identify the blocked input, your escalation and the response; separate facts you observed from another team’s explanation.
Employment records
Connect your assignment letter, evaluation and relevant manager instructions to the project phase while leaving confidential deliverables in their system.
Start with the work you actually do
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.
O*NET classifies this occupation as Project Management Specialists (13-1082.00). Its description covers a typical occupation, not every workplace or individual job. It does not establish employee status, overtime eligibility or employer misconduct.
- Communicate with key stakeholders to determine project requirements and objectives.Source task 21463 · updated 08/2026
- Identify project needs such as resources, staff, or finances by reviewing project objectives and schedules.Source task 21467 · updated 08/2026
- Submit project deliverables to clients, ensuring adherence to quality standards.Source task 21481 · updated 08/2026
- Confer with project personnel to identify and resolve problems.Source task 21464 · updated 08/2026
A reference point for your pay records
May 2025 wage estimates by state
Compare your pay records with published BLS estimates for Project Management Specialists (SOC 13-1082). These describe an occupation across employers. They are not a required pay rate, an overtime calculation, or evidence of discrimination or unpaid wages.
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The 25th and 75th percentiles mark the middle half of the estimated wage distribution; the median is its midpoint. Actual pay can differ with experience, employer, location and duties. Hourly and annual figures are shown as published, without converting one into the other.
All published state estimates for this occupation
| State | Hourly 25th | Hourly median | Hourly 75th | Annual median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | $37.50 | $48.47 | $63.70 | $100,820 |
| Alaska | $35.74 | $47.88 | $60.63 | $99,580 |
| Arizona | $36.48 | $47.62 | $62.38 | $99,050 |
| Arkansas | $27.71 | $37.10 | $49.84 | $77,170 |
| Connecticut | $39.18 | $50.60 | $64.95 | $105,240 |
| Delaware | $46.70 | $58.75 | $65.63 | $122,190 |
| Florida | $36.45 | $47.15 | $61.85 | $98,070 |
| Georgia | $37.25 | $49.11 | $63.73 | $102,140 |
| Hawaii | $30.03 | $37.50 | $50.48 | $78,000 |
| Idaho | $34.33 | $45.98 | $61.91 | $95,630 |
| Indiana | $34.95 | $45.68 | $58.78 | $95,020 |
| Iowa | $37.19 | $46.41 | $62.58 | $96,540 |
| Kansas | $36.53 | $48.08 | $61.91 | $100,010 |
| Kentucky | $30.83 | $39.28 | $50.41 | $81,700 |
| Louisiana | $32.11 | $40.79 | $58.41 | $84,850 |
| Maine | $38.49 | $48.96 | $60.59 | $101,830 |
| Michigan | $37.64 | $48.55 | $62.17 | $100,970 |
| Minnesota | $37.98 | $47.05 | $59.17 | $97,860 |
| Mississippi | $30.30 | $37.92 | $49.83 | $78,870 |
| Missouri | $34.26 | $45.51 | $60.09 | $94,660 |
| Montana | $34.05 | $42.25 | $58.25 | $87,890 |
| Nebraska | $30.00 | $38.54 | $49.43 | $80,150 |
| New Hampshire | $35.58 | $43.70 | $56.01 | $90,890 |
| New Mexico | $38.20 | $51.43 | $75.00 | $106,970 |
| New York | $44.07 | $58.19 | $77.03 | $121,040 |
| North Carolina | $37.49 | $48.47 | $62.83 | $100,820 |
| North Dakota | $37.02 | $46.23 | $57.52 | $96,160 |
| Ohio | $35.78 | $46.04 | $60.85 | $95,770 |
| Oklahoma | $32.12 | $41.46 | $56.02 | $86,240 |
| Pennsylvania | $37.68 | $48.15 | $61.85 | $100,150 |
| Rhode Island | $38.41 | $50.33 | $63.82 | $104,680 |
| South Dakota | $32.52 | $39.54 | $50.09 | $82,250 |
| Tennessee | $33.76 | $41.30 | $54.01 | $85,890 |
| Texas | $35.97 | $47.33 | $62.20 | $98,440 |
| Utah | $35.98 | $46.50 | $61.13 | $96,720 |
| Vermont | $32.13 | $38.85 | $48.86 | $80,800 |
| Virginia | $41.13 | $58.10 | $75.98 | $120,840 |
| West Virginia | $31.43 | $44.13 | $60.12 | $91,780 |
| Wisconsin | $36.89 | $46.91 | $59.54 | $97,580 |
| Wyoming | $34.53 | $45.23 | $57.74 | $94,080 |
“Not published” preserves unavailable or suppressed source cells. “Above reporting limit” preserves a top-coded source value without inventing a number. A missing state estimate does not establish service eligibility. The data describe wage and salary employment; they do not measure self-employment income.
Source: BLS May 2025 state workbook · OEWS tables · BLS technical notes. Use your own schedule, pay statement and compensation terms to identify the question you want reviewed.
Preserve the sequence of scope decisions
Describe the original milestone and the later change in scope, staffing or delivery date. Note who requested the change, who approved it and when you raised its effect on the schedule. A current project plan may overwrite earlier assumptions. Identify the relevant version without exporting the whole project workspace, and separate an approved change from a proposal still awaiting a decision.
Explain accountability and dependencies
For a missed milestone or negative review, identify the deliverable you owned and the inputs due from others. Describe a blocker in neutral terms, including when you reported it and the response. Avoid assigning blame based only on a task-board status. Your own review and permitted status messages can help distinguish coordination responsibility from authority to hire staff, approve funds or accept work.
Protect client and procurement information
Keep personal employment records apart from project budgets, supplier bids, client specifications and restricted deliverables. Describe these materials by type and location if they matter to your concern. Do not preserve credentials or copy a client workspace after access ends. When work spans an agency and a client site, identify which organization employed you and which manager directed the disputed assignment.
Choose your next step
Review the workplace retaliation guide, unpaid wages guide, or discrimination guide if those concerns fit your experience. A job title alone does not establish a claim.
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