Earning Power

Germany—All Respondents
Annualized Salary by Highest Formal Education Level Obtained
Education n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
High school degree 31 6% 62,000 72,000 90,000 75,910
Some college or associate’s
degree 26 5% 62,000 72,750 81,000 73,972
4-year college degree 72 13% 65,000 74,000 85,815 75,799
Master’s degree 376 67% 68,000 80,000 92,000 81,049
Doctoral degree 54 10% 70,000 80,000 98,000 85,557
Annualized Salary by Degree in Project Management
Degree n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
Have a degree in PM 57 10% 68,000 75,000 90,000 80,762
No degree in PM 498 90% 67,000 79,000 90,000 80,120
Annualized Salary by PMP ® Status
Status n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
Have a PMP ® certification 482 86% 68,000 80,000 91,800 81,152
PMP for less than 1 year 11 2% 53,300 64,400 75,000 65,245
PMP for 1 to less than
5 years 268 56% 65,377 75,997 90,000 79,108
PMP for 5 to less than
10 years 153 32% 70,000 82,000 95,000 83,301
PMP for 10 to less than
20 years 45 9% 73,000 85,000 99,500 90,558
PMP for 20 or more years -- -- -- -- -- --
Do not have a PMP ®
certification 77 14% 55,000 70,000 88,000 74,196
Annualized Salary by Amount of Training per Year
Days n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
Less than 5 days 221 40% 65,000 80,000 93,000 81,260
5 to 9 days 214 39% 68,000 76,250 90,000 79,670
10 days or more 120 22% 66,000 78,000 92,166 79,441
Annualized Salary by Gender
Gender n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
Male 464 84% 68,000 80,000 90,000 81,040
Female 86 16% 63,000 72,000 89,596 75,908
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