Earning Power

Japan—All Respondents
Annualized Salary by Highest Formal Education Level Obtained
Education n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
High school degree 19 5% 5,000,000 5,600,000 7,000,000 5,987,219
Some college or associate’s
degree 22 6% 6,000,000 7,100,000 8,000,000 7,369,968
4-year college degree 244 61% 6,000,000 7,118,340 9,000,000 7,646,100
Master’s degree 106 27% 6,000,000 7,000,000 8,600,000 7,449,545
Doctoral degree 7 2% -- -- -- --
Annualized Salary by Degree in Project Management
Degree n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
Have a degree in PM 15 4% 5,000,000 6,500,000 8,900,000 7,106,667
No degree in PM 377 96% 6,000,000 7,000,000 9,000,000 7,562,440
Annualized Salary by PMP ® Status
Status n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
Have a PMP ® certification 379 95% 6,000,000 7,000,000 9,000,000 7,523,911
PMP for less than 1 year 6 2% -- -- -- --
PMP for 1 to less than
5 years 175 47% 5,800,000 6,800,000 8,000,000 7,149,100
PMP for 5 to less than
10 years 129 34% 6,000,000 7,000,000 8,500,000 7,341,165
PMP for 10 to less than
20 years 63 17% 7,000,000 8,200,000 10,000,000 8,915,316
PMP for 20 or more years 1 * -- -- -- --
Do not have a PMP ®
certification 19 5% 5,385,168 7,000,000 10,000,000 7,561,988
Annualized Salary by Amount of Training per Year
Days n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
Less than 5 days 132 36% 6,000,000 7,000,000 9,000,000 7,585,574
5 to 9 days 125 34% 6,000,000 7,200,000 9,000,000 7,802,248
10 days or more 109 30% 6,000,000 7,200,000 8,881,536 7,550,089
Annualized Salary by Gender
Gender n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
Male 369 94% 6,000,000 7,000,000 9,000,000 7,558,182
Female 23 6% 5,500,000 6,600,000 9,400,000 7,144,416
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