Earning Power

Ireland—All Respondents
Annualized Salary by Highest Formal Education Level Obtained
Education n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
High school degree 13 3% 65,000 75,000 79,000 75,865
Some college or associate’s
degree 43 10% 57,000 63,000 75,000 66,375
4-year college degree 179 41% 57,500 69,000 80,000 70,103
Master’s degree 181 41% 55,000 70,000 80,000 71,060
Doctoral degree 22 5% 59,000 71,000 80,000 72,486
Annualized Salary by Degree in Project Management
Degree n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
Have a degree in PM 74 17% 54,500 65,000 80,000 68,664
No degree in PM 363 83% 57,400 70,000 80,000 70,769
Annualized Salary by PMP ® Status
Status n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
Have a PMP ® certification 346 79% 59,000 70,000 80,585 71,741
PMP for less than 1 year 3 1% -- -- -- --
PMP for 1 to less than
5 years 239 70% 55,000 65,000 77,500 68,392
PMP for 5 to less than
10 years 74 22% 62,000 75,000 93,000 79,728
PMP for 10 to less than
20 years 25 7% 71,000 81,000 92,500 83,476
PMP for 20 or more years -- * -- -- -- --
Do not have a PMP ®
certification 92 21% 50,055 65,000 75,000 65,468
Annualized Salary by Amount of Training per Year
Days n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
Less than 5 days 204 47% 57,200 71,000 83,000 72,272
5 to 9 days 152 35% 57,000 68,250 78,500 69,108
10 days or more 78 18% 55,000 66,522 77,000 68,942
Annualized Salary by Gender
Gender n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
Male 299 70% 57,000 69,500 80,000 71,824
Female 128 30% 55,000 68,704 75,000 66,481
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