Earning Power

Nigeria—All Respondents
Annualized Salary by Highest Formal Education Level Obtained
Education n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
High school degree 1 * -- -- -- --
Some college or associate’s
degree 3 1% -- -- -- --
4-year college degree 107 50% 3,360,000 5,000,000 8,411,322 6,259,066
Master’s degree 98 46% 3,650,000 6,500,000 10,000,000 7,142,705
Doctoral degree 3 1% -- -- -- --
Annualized Salary by Degree in Project Management
Degree n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
Have a degree in PM 30 14% 3,600,000 5,000,000 7,950,102 6,314,736
No degree in PM 182 86% 3,600,000 6,000,000 9,400,000 6,716,757
Annualized Salary by PMP ® Status
Status n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
Have a PMP ® certification 143 67% 4,000,000 6,100,000 9,799,000 7,022,668
PMP for less than 1 year 3 2% -- -- -- --
PMP for 1 to less than
5 years 107 78% 3,749,767 6,000,000 8,102,203 6,247,682
PMP for 5 to less than
10 years 27 20% 5,920,000 9,000,000 13,000,000 9,760,026
PMP for 10 to less than
20 years -- -- -- -- -- --
PMP for 20 or more years -- -- -- -- -- --
Do not have a PMP ®
certification 69 33% 3,200,000 4,200,000 8,400,000 5,907,975
Annualized Salary by Amount of Training per Year
Days n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
Less than 5 days 65 32% 3,600,000 5,500,000 9,000,000 6,590,582
5 to 9 days 31 15% 3,000,000 5,037,240 9,000,000 6,822,107
10 days or more 109 53% 4,000,000 6,000,000 9,000,000 6,788,368
Annualized Salary by Gender
Gender n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
Male 162 81% 3,600,000 6,000,000 9,000,000 6,882,391
Female 39 19% 3,840,000 5,037,240 8,200,000 6,159,961
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