Earning Power

Netherlands—All Respondents
Annualized Salary by Highest Formal Education Level Obtained
Education n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
High school degree 13 4% 67,052 75,000 106,500 85,012
Some college or associate’s
degree 17 5% 65,000 79,000 105,000 84,914
4-year college degree 86 26% 61,000 77,000 91,000 78,249
Master’s degree 186 56% 66,000 80,000 99,000 82,714
Doctoral degree 29 9% 71,190 85,000 96,000 85,076
Annualized Salary by Degree in Project Management
Degree n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
Have a degree in PM 26 8% 65,000 80,000 107,000 84,552
No degree in PM 305 92% 65,000 80,000 95,995 81,743
Annualized Salary by PMP ® Status
Status n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
Have a PMP ® certification 275 83% 67,800 80,000 97,000 83,008
PMP for less than 1 year 8 3% -- -- -- --
PMP for 1 to less than
5 years 162 60% 64,000 75,650 89,000 77,656
PMP for 5 to less than
10 years 70 26% 72,000 85,000 102,000 86,949
PMP for 10 to less than
20 years 28 10% 82,165 102,500 118,189 104,164
PMP for 20 or more years -- -- -- -- -- --
Do not have a PMP ®
certification 56 17% 58,500 67,046 87,000 76,836
Annualized Salary by Amount of Training per Year
Days n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
Less than 5 days 120 36% 63,931 76,000 92,500 80,741
5 to 9 days 126 38% 67,800 80,000 96,000 83,350
10 days or more 83 25% 64,000 80,000 100,000 81,626
Annualized Salary by Gender
Gender n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
Male 292 91% 66,705 80,000 97,500 82,967
Female 30 9% 57,000 68,000 87,000 71,385
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