Earning Power

Netherlands—All Respondents
Annualized Salary by Type of Project
Project type n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
Business transformation 77 23% 66,000 83,900 100,000 86,283
Construction 20 6% 60,500 76,500 92,500 81,219
Engineering 73 22% 65,000 76,000 90,000 79,736
Information technology 173 52% 65,000 80,000 100,000 83,327
Manufacturing 29 9% 67,500 73,000 85,000 79,313
Operations 55 17% 68,500 80,000 93,000 84,800
Quality management 31 9% 67,800 82,000 96,000 81,781
Regulatory compliance 13 4% 61,200 89,000 105,000 85,391
Research and development 77 23% 67,500 80,000 92,000 82,054
Supply chain
management/logistics 21 6% 75,000 84,240 92,000 85,500
Other 16 5% 67,500 80,000 90,500 79,108
Annualized Salary by Number of Employees in Entire Organization
Employees n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
Fewer than 100 14 4% 61,200 71,500 100,000 81,300
100–299 14 4% 65,000 71,000 85,000 74,649
300– 999 18 5% 73,000 87,120 103,206 94,671
1,000–2,499 17 5% 61,200 80,000 85,000 78,464
2,500– 4,999 16 5% 62,500 71,000 80,500 74,890
5,000– 9,999 17 5% 60,000 84,000 95,000 78,612
10,000 or more 235 71% 66,000 80,000 97,000 82,443
Annualized Salary by Average Project Team Size
Team size n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
1–4 people 19 7% 58,750 68,500 80,000 69,579
5–9 people 81 28% 60,450 73,000 85,000 74,400
10–14 people 73 25% 66,410 80,000 100,000 83,988
15–19 people 32 11% 70,000 83,620 98,000 86,220
20 or more people 84 29% 77,000 90,000 103,103 92,060
Annualized Salary by Average Project Budget (in USD)
Budget n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
Less than $100,000 17 5% 50,000 60,000 68,818 62,854
$100,000–$499,999 67 21% 61,000 75,000 90,000 76,676
$500,000–$999,999 70 22% 64,000 76,000 91,876 79,076
$1 million–$10 million 131 42% 70,000 85,000 100,000 86,745
More than $10 million 30 10% 70,000 85,000 114,049 92,631
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