Earning Power

Belgium—All Respondents
Annualized Salary by Highest Formal Education Level Obtained
Education n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
High school degree 11 5% 74,000 90,000 102,954 89,812
Some college or associate’s
degree 16 7% 63,003 79,000 99,500 80,353
4-year college degree 13 6% 60,000 71,000 84,633 79,760
Master’s degree 149 69% 58,964 78,000 95,606 80,094
Doctoral degree 26 12% 61,248 87,500 100,000 86,644
Annualized Salary by Degree in Project Management
Degree n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
Have a degree in PM 26 12% 45,000 67,000 87,542 70,954
No degree in PM 186 88% 60,000 80,000 99,000 82,910
Annualized Salary by PMP ® Status
Status n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
Have a PMP ® certification 167 78% 63,000 80,275 99,000 84,182
PMP for less than 1 year 6 4% -- -- -- --
PMP for 1 to less than
5 years 84 51% 58,350 74,500 88,500 76,029
PMP for 5 to less than
10 years 49 30% 74,000 89,743 105,000 92,510
PMP for 10 to less than
20 years 25 15% 85,000 95,606 102,000 100,053
PMP for 20 or more years -- -- -- -- -- --
Do not have a PMP ®
certification 48 22% 48,688 63,250 87,670 71,640
Annualized Salary by Amount of Training per Year
Days n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
Less than 5 days 98 46% 58,000 78,550 99,840 81,717
5 to 9 days 77 36% 61,500 79,166 95,000 81,181
10 days or more 39 18% 58,700 78,000 100,000 81,665
Annualized Salary by Gender
Gender n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
Male 176 83% 60,000 79,133 98,500 81,265
Female 36 17% 58,416 75,500 94,875 80,685
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