Earning Power

Sweden—All Respondents
Annualized Salary by Highest Formal Education Level Obtained
Education n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
High school degree 18 5% 500,000 618,500 650,000 601,709
Some college or associate’s
degree 43 11% 515,952 630,000 720,000 620,742
4-year college degree 77 19% 530,000 600,000 670,000 614,173
Master’s degree 249 62% 528,000 600,000 708,000 631,568
Doctoral degree 12 3% 530,000 558,986 701,500 607,559
Annualized Salary by Degree in Project Management
Degree n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
Have a degree in PM 56 14% 516,000 585,000 657,574 597,427
No degree in PM 341 86% 525,000 612,000 700,000 629,294
Annualized Salary by PMP ® Status
Status n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
Have a PMP ® certification 330 83% 530,000 604,018 700,000 624,948
PMP for less than 1 year 15 5% 458,400 498,504 640,000 549,209
PMP for 1 to less than
5 years 195 59% 516,000 588,000 665,000 598,946
PMP for 5 to less than
10 years 84 26% 563,931 633,000 720,000 656,070
PMP for 10 to less than
20 years 34 10% 645,000 710,000 800,000 727,697
PMP for 20 or more years -- -- -- -- -- --
Do not have a PMP ®
certification 69 17% 500,000 620,000 708,156 625,107
Annualized Salary by Amount of Training per Year
Days n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
Less than 5 days 167 42% 528,000 600,000 690,000 618,567
5 to 9 days 154 39% 530,000 623,000 708,156 638,747
10 days or more 75 19% 504,000 595,000 700,000 613,635
Annualized Salary by Gender
Gender n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
Male 271 70% 530,000 620,000 720,000 636,144
Female 114 30% 510,000 586,489 665,148 599,578
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