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Business and Financial Operations

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.

Also called: Fiber Project Manager, Implementation Project Manager, Project Management Consultant

Compare with my current job (Accountants and Auditors)
Median pay in Greater Boston
$114,990
$55.28/hr
Jobs in Greater Boston
18,840
Massachusetts 2024–2034
+2.7%
1,420 openings a year
Typical U.S. entry requirement
Bachelor's degree

Greater Boston: Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area, May 2025. Growth and openings: Massachusetts statewide projection.

Pay range in Greater Boston

Yearly pay in Greater Boston by percentile
10th25thMedian75th90th
$72,800$89,810$114,990$147,620$174,740

10% of workers earn less than the first figure and 10% earn more than the last.

What you’d do

  • Communicate with key stakeholders to determine project requirements and objectives.
  • Identify project needs such as resources, staff, or finances by reviewing project objectives and schedules.
  • Submit project deliverables to clients, ensuring adherence to quality standards.
  • Confer with project personnel to identify and resolve problems.
  • Plan, schedule, or coordinate project activities to meet deadlines.
  • Request and review project updates to ensure deadlines are met.

AI and this job

AI exposure: how much of this job’s work AI tools can do or help with, based on national research. It is not a forecast of job loss.

Higher exposure71 of 100

The index averages three national research measures, each shown as a percentile of all jobs:

  • AIOE 76
  • Language-model AIOE 73
  • GPTs-are-GPTs 64

Observed AI use today: Not published (Anthropic Economic Index)

Project management specialists have higher AI exposure. Tools can help with scheduling, reviewing resource needs, and tracking deadlines. Talking with stakeholders, solving team problems, and keeping clients confident still rely on people.

Likely to change

  • Scheduling and tracking project activities
  • Reviewing resource and budget needs

Still relies on people

  • Talking with stakeholders about goals
  • Working with the team to solve problems

Written with AI from the data on this page. Check with a career coach before making a decision.

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Training near Boston

College and school programs in the Boston metro area that lead to this job, with 2023-24 completions (IPEDS).

65 programs near Boston (plus 34 graduate)

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