Earning Power

India—All Respondents
Annualized Salary by Highest Formal Education Level Obtained
Education n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
High school degree 10 1% 612,000 1,100,000 2,100,000 1,267,921
Some college or associate’s
degree 34 3% 1,000,000 1,300,000 2,000,000 1,563,896
4-year college degree 494 41% 1,200,000 1,600,000 2,050,000 1,705,157
Master’s degree 598 50% 1,200,000 1,600,000 2,180,000 1,747,072
Doctoral degree 61 5% 1,250,000 1,718,000 2,150,000 1,856,345
Annualized Salary by Degree in Project Management
Degree n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
Have a degree in PM 225 19% 1,200,000 1,800,000 2,400,000 1,854,001
No degree in PM 963 81% 1,200,000 1,584,676 2,045,000 1,696,805
Annualized Salary by PMP ® Status
Status n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
Have a PMP ® certification 961 80% 1,280,000 1,700,000 2,200,000 1,825,370
PMP for less than 1 year 25 3% 1,250,000 1,600,000 1,800,000 1,612,760
PMP for 1 to less than
5 years 620 66% 1,200,000 1,500,000 2,000,000 1,650,794
PMP for 5 to less than
10 years 256 27% 1,600,000 2,005,458 2,500,000 2,149,041
PMP for 10 to less than
20 years 41 4% 2,000,000 2,400,000 3,500,000 2,655,290
PMP for 20 or more years -- -- -- -- -- --
Do not have a PMP ®
certification 236 20% 930,000 1,200,000 1,534,530 1,322,054
Annualized Salary by Amount of Training per Year
Days n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
Less than 5 days 372 32% 1,200,000 1,600,000 2,200,000 1,746,627
5 to 9 days 408 35% 1,200,000 1,600,000 2,137,500 1,779,076
10 days or more 396 34% 1,200,000 1,500,000 2,000,000 1,658,234
Annualized Salary by Gender
Gender n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
Male 1,019 89% 1,200,000 1,600,000 2,150,000 1,748,343
Female 131 11% 1,000,000 1,300,000 1,900,000 1,549,109
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