PMP salary: $159K median
The median advertised PMP salary is $159K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $130K to $188K: counted from 382 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $77 an hour or $13,271 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $222K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll PMP jobs
$159Kmedian advertised salary
$130K – $188Kmiddle half of roles
$161Kaverage advertised salary
382roles counted
PMP salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $195K, 24% more than senior roles ($158K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $158K | $128K–$182K | 111 |
| Lead and above | $195K | $172K–$230K | 76 |
| No level in the title | $150K | $128K–$178K | 191 |
PMP salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $184K | 57 |
| 🇺🇸California | $180K | 142 |
| 🇺🇸Washington, DC | $170K | 15 |
| 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA | $162K | 24 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $159K | 364 |
| 🇺🇸Texas | $154K | 20 |
| 🇺🇸New York, NY | $148K | 33 |
Skills that pay more for PMP roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Security clearance | $169K | +$10K | 62 |
| MS Project | $165K | +$6K | 75 |
| ERP | $162K | +$3K | 53 |
| Construction management | $162K | +$3K | 48 |
| Smartsheet | $161K | +$2K | 70 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropic | $314K | 4 |
| Netskope | $232K | 7 |
| OpenAI | $228K | 3 |
| Zoox | $226K | 7 |
| Loft Federal | $225K | 3 |
| Muon Space | $219K | 4 |
| Valar Atomics | $208K | 5 |
| CoreWeave | $184K | 11 |
| Skydio | $182K | 3 |
| Waymo | $180K | 8 |
| Shield AI | $180K | 9 |
| Harbinger Motors Inc. | $180K | 4 |
| Crusoe | $178K | 15 |
| Fivetran | $178K | 3 |
| Core One | $175K | 3 |
| Anduril Industries | $172K | 32 |
| Rocket Lab | $166K | 8 |
| Apex Technology | $165K | 6 |
| Dark Wolf Solutions | $162K | 3 |
| MKS2 Technologies | $154K | 3 |
| Blake Willson Group | $150K | 7 |
| Varda Space Industries | $148K | 3 |
| ZoomInfo | $139K | 5 |
| Saronic | $135K | 3 |
| Gotion | $130K | 5 |
Highest-paying open PMP roles
All PMP jobs- Field Engineer, Data Center Design and EngineeringAnthropic · 🇺🇸Remote-Friendly, United States$320K - $405KRemotePMPPE licenseData centers
- Supply Chain Delivery Manager, Data Center Power & Cooling OFEAnthropic · 🇺🇸Remote-Friendly, United States$320K - $405KRemoteSQLTableauROS
- Vice President, Strategic Program Management Office (SPMO)Agility Robotics · Remote$250K - $390KRemoteLead and aboveJiraPMPSmartsheet
- Staff Product Manager, Programmatic AdsPinterest · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, US; Remote, CA, US$166K - $339KRemoteLead and abovePMPProgrammatic advertising
- Delivery Manager, Capacity ProgramsBaseten · 🇺🇸San Francisco$260K - $325KHybridMachine LearningPMPNetwork engineering
- Director, Strategic Digital TechnologyArcher · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$249K - $311KLead and abovePMPNISTFedRAMP
- Technical Program Manager, HardwareDensityAI · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA$129K - $300KRustC++Linux
- VP, Commercial Program ManagementParallel Systems · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA$200K - $300KLead and abovePMPPRDsRevenue recognition
- Project Manager, Commercial ProjectsValar Atomics · 🇺🇸Torrance, California, United States$200K - $300KPMPMS ProjectCost estimating
- Senior Staff Technical Program Manager - Mission Autonomy (6542)Shield AI · 🇺🇸Arlington, VA, US$199K - $299KLead and aboveAgileSecurity clearancePMP
- Senior Director, Project & Portfolio ManagementInsitro · 🇺🇸South San Francisco, CA$264K - $298KHybridLead and aboveMachine LearningLLMPMP
- Head of ProgramsLoft Federal · Arvada$195K - $298KLead and aboveJiraNetSuiteSecurity clearance
- Sr. Lead, Product Management - FinTechMongoDB · 🇺🇸Palo Alto$151K - $297KLead and aboveSQLGCPAzure
- Senior/Staff Technical Program Manager - Robot PlatformZoox · 🇺🇸Foster City, CA$213K - $295KLead and aboveJiraPMPSmartsheet
- Solutions EngineerNetskope · 🇺🇸Texas, United States$185K - $293KPythonGCPAzure
- Sr. Sales EngineerNetskope · 🇺🇸California, United States$178K - $290KSeniorPythonGCPAzure
- Manufacturing Quality Engineer, Data Center EquipmentOpenAI · 🇺🇸US - Remote$165K - $290KRemotePMPSix Sigma certificationData centers
- Director, Customer Success, EnterpriseBraze · 🇺🇸New York City$181K - $285KLead and aboveAgilePMPHTML
- Director, Customer Success, EnterpriseBraze · 🇺🇸San Francisco$181K - $285KLead and aboveAgilePMPHTML
- Commissioning Project Lead, Data Center DeliveryOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$226K - $285KLead and abovePMPPE licenseSHRM certification
Questions about PMP pay
- What is the average PMP salary?
- $161K a year on average and $159K at the median, across 382 open PMP postings at companies that state pay (November 2026). The median is the better guide: a few very high offers pull the average up.
- What is the typical range?
- The middle half of the postings offer $130K to $188K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest PMP pay?
- Anthropic ($314K), Netskope ($232K), OpenAI ($228K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a pmp a high-paying job?
- The median PMP posting advertises $159K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 8% below the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a pmp?
- A tenth of the postings offer $222K a year or more; the highest open PMP role advertises up to $405K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the PMP salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $159K a year is about $77 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $13,271 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $62 to $90 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for PMP roles?
- Postings that ask for Security clearance (+$10K, 62 postings), MS Project (+$6K, 75 postings), ERP (+$3K, 53 postings) advertise more than the $159K median of all PMP postings with pay.
- Where do these figures come from?
- From the pay ranges employers print in their own job postings, read from their careers pages every hour. The midpoint of each range is counted. These are advertised ranges for open roles, mostly in the United States and in US dollars, not what people are actually paid.
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The median advertised salary for PMP roles at companies is $159K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $130K to $188K. Counted from 382 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/pmp/
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