Earning Power

New Zealand—All Respondents
Annualized Salary by Highest Formal Education Level Obtained
Education n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
High school degree 38 8% 83,500 120,500 135,000 124,355
Some college or associate’s
degree 88 17% 100,000 120,000 148,750 125,250
4-year college degree 228 45% 95,500 118,000 136,000 120,112
Master’s degree 139 28% 96,000 120,000 140,000 125,853
Doctoral degree 12 2% 96,125 120,000 152,500 130,204
Annualized Salary by Degree in Project Management
Degree n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
Have a degree in PM 88 18% 89,500 110,247 132,870 117,557
No degree in PM 414 82% 99,402 120,000 140,000 124,509
Annualized Salary by PMP ® Status
Status n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
Have a PMP ® certification 322 64% 103,000 122,500 142,500 128,744
PMP for less than 1 year 3 1% -- -- -- --
PMP for 1 to less than
5 years 157 49% 93,000 110,493 130,000 115,251
PMP for 5 to less than
10 years 100 31% 116,000 130,000 150,000 136,586
PMP for 10 to less than
20 years 57 18% 125,000 150,000 170,000 156,938
PMP for 20 or more years 1 * -- -- -- --
Do not have a PMP ®
certification 183 36% 84,000 110,000 134,000 113,298
Annualized Salary by Amount of Training per Year
Days n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
Less than 5 days 311 62% 96,000 120,000 140,000 123,906
5 to 9 days 137 27% 100,000 123,000 140,000 124,056
10 days or more 53 11% 96,132 119,000 130,000 117,876
Annualized Salary by Gender
Gender n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
Male 348 71% 100,000 120,000 142,750 127,765
Female 141 29% 83,000 110,000 130,500 112,424
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