Earning Power

Canada—All Respondents
Annualized Salary by Highest Formal Education Level Obtained
Education n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
High school degree 39 2% 79,000 93,288 130,000 103,821
Some college or associate’s
degree 401 16% 80,000 98,000 119,000 103,500
4-year college degree 1,226 48% 79,279 95,000 115,000 99,788
Master’s degree 819 32% 82,000 100,000 121,449 105,490
Doctoral degree 61 2% 82,000 97,000 120,000 104,015
Annualized Salary by Degree in Project Management
Degree n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
Have a degree in PM 408 16% 78,000 92,000 112,000 97,316
No degree in PM 2,125 84% 80,000 98,000 120,000 103,319
Annualized Salary by PMP ® Status
Status n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
Have a PMP ® certification 2,025 80% 84,000 100,000 120,000 105,559
PMP for less than 1 year 26 1% 66,000 75,000 84,500 78,206
PMP for 1 to less than
5 years 1,017 51% 78,000 92,000 110,000 96,806
PMP for 5 to less than
10 years 631 32% 91,000 106,000 127,963 113,361
PMP for 10 to less than
20 years 317 16% 97,330 116,000 135,000 119,913
PMP for 20 or more years 2 * -- -- -- --
Do not have a PMP ®
certification 521 20% 67,000 82,822 105,000 89,973
Annualized Salary by Amount of Training per Year
Days n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
Less than 5 days 1,189 47% 80,000 96,000 120,000 101,502
5 to 9 days 819 33% 82,300 100,000 120,000 104,564
10 days or more 507 20% 80,000 95,000 120,000 101,618
Annualized Salary by Gender
Gender n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
Male 1,601 66% 83,000 100,000 122,000 106,284
Female 841 34% 75,000 90,000 108,000 94,572
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