Earning Power

Colombia—All Respondents
Annualized Salary by Highest Formal Education Level Obtained
Education n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
High school degree 4 1% -- -- -- --
Some college or associate’s
degree 5 2% -- -- -- --
4-year college degree 83 29% 51,600,000 74,200,000 112,800,000 85,801,617
Master’s degree 183 63% 72,000,000 99,700,000 135,000,000 109,417,509
Doctoral degree 14 5% 64,000,000 78,500,000 132,000,000 102,000,000
Annualized Salary by Degree in Project Management
Degree n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
Have a degree in PM 151 52% 62,400,000 96,000,000 120,000,000 101,405,906
No degree in PM 138 48% 60,000,000 96,000,000 132,000,000 102,958,308
Annualized Salary by PMP ® Status
Status n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
Have a PMP ® certification 211 73% 69,000,000 98,400,000 130,000,000 106,814,284
PMP for less than 1 year 5 2% -- -- -- --
PMP for 1 to less than
5 years 148 70% 66,500,000 92,200,000 122,400,000 101,029,576
PMP for 5 to less than
10 years 54 26% 96,000,000 114,750,000 150,000,000 122,394,640
PMP for 10 to less than
20 years 4 2% -- -- -- --
PMP for 20 or more years -- -- -- -- -- --
Do not have a PMP ®
certification 78 27% 51,600,000 76,650,000 120,000,000 89,522,108
Annualized Salary by Amount of Training per Year
Days n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
Less than 5 days 104 36% 62,400,000 87,000,000 121,850,000 97,581,912
5 to 9 days 54 19% 72,000,000 102,861,536 125,000,000 106,538,983
10 days or more 130 45% 60,000,000 94,000,000 132,000,000 103,645,495
Annualized Salary by Gender
Gender n= Percent 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean
Male 230 82% 67,700,000 96,096,000 130,000,000 105,479,830
Female 51 18% 58,536,408 81,000,000 118,453,952 88,469,690
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