Earning Power

Turkey—All Respondents
Annualized Salary by Highest Formal Education Level Obtained
Education n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
High school degree 2 1% -- -- -- --
Some college or associate’s
degree 1 * -- -- -- --
4-year college degree 142 43% 72,000 107,500 140,000 110,876
Master’s degree 174 52% 80,000 101,000 140,000 113,356
Doctoral degree 14 4% 78,000 117,000 180,000 127,600
Annualized Salary by Degree in Project Management
Degree n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
Have a degree in PM 32 10% 84,000 112,000 136,000 115,022
No degree in PM 300 90% 76,129 105,000 140,000 112,847
Annualized Salary by PMP ® Status
Status n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
Have a PMP ® certification 282 85% 78,000 106,000 140,000 112,751
PMP for less than 1 year 5 2% -- -- -- --
PMP for 1 to less than
5 years 208 76% 72,300 100,000 131,200 106,511
PMP for 5 to less than
10 years 54 20% 96,000 134,500 165,000 135,639
PMP for 10 to less than
20 years 7 3% -- -- -- --
PMP for 20 or more years -- -- -- -- -- --
Do not have a PMP ®
certification 51 15% 80,000 105,000 155,000 114,178
Annualized Salary by Amount of Training per Year
Days n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
Less than 5 days 128 39% 80,500 109,000 144,000 116,602
5 to 9 days 88 27% 73,800 100,000 124,214 103,596
10 days or more 111 34% 75,000 110,000 150,000 116,881
Annualized Salary by Gender
Gender n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
Male 239 75% 78,000 107,000 144,000 115,114
Female 81 25% 72,000 110,000 135,000 108,933
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