PMI Today - December 2017

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DECEMBER 2017

Earning Power: Project Management Salary Survey

Survey

Respondents WITH PMP Earn AN

23PercentMore Average OF

I N S I D E

EarningPower

Project ManagementSalarySurvey 10th Edition

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cross 37 countries
included in PMI’s latest salary
survey, Project Management
Professional (PMP)® certification
holders report higher median salaries
than those without the certification.
This is a key finding of the upcoming

Earning Power: Project Management Salary Survey, 10th Edition—a leading source of data on project practitioner earning—incorporating responses from more than 33,000 project management practitioners.

varies widely by country, it shows that PMP certification offers exceptional advantage in South Africa, where PMP holders report a median salary 58 percent higher than those without the certification. PMP tenure also plays a role—among survey respondents in most countries, median salary steadily increases with the length of time one holds a PMP certification.

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On average, survey respondents who are PMP® holders in the countries covered by the research report earning 23 percent more than those without the certification. For example, while data