City of Springfield, MA / Cpw1 / Project Director
Job-title file
Lead staff and operations — set priorities, allocate resources, and oversee program delivery.
1 employees hold this title in Cpw1. Median total compensation for the role is $63,930, above the department median of $62,406.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Springfield, MA area, the median wage for Managers, All Other — about 290 people — is $157,840. Cpw1 pays a median base salary of $63,930 for this role, 59% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Managers, All Other across every employer in the Springfield, MA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Cpw1’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Managers, All Other — about 622,190 people — is $141,900. Cpw1’s median base salary is 55% below that national figure, below the 10th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Springfield, MA range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Cpw1 is $63,930, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 7 jurisdictions. See Project Director across all of City of Springfield, MA →
Median total compensation for comparable Project Director roles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
Record list
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Project Director/Cpw1
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Barry Smith works as a Project Director for Cpw1. Barry earned $63,930 in 2025.