Last year PMP will earn an average of 16% more than if not PMP certified as a project manager. If candidates take into consideration that it costs around $600 to apply, about $900 – $1,500 to take a decent PMP prep class and about $200 more to buy books, additional prep material, etc., that’s a cost of around $2,000.

The average annual salary of an MBA in the US is around $100,000.

The average PMP certified project manager make around $100.000.

PMI's salary is depending on project management professionals earn according to a variety of variables, including:

Their title
Educational background
Whether they hold a pmp certification (and how long they've held it)
The department they work in
Their industry
The type of project they work on (e.g. Construction, it, r&d)
The average size of their project team and budget
Gender

Their median salary is $105,000. The medians for other project management titles include:

Project Manager I: $84,000

Project Manager II: $90,000

Project Manager III: $99,000

Program Manager: $110,000

Portfolio Manager: $117,000

Consider the median salaries of project management professionals according to how long they've held a PMP:

Less than 1 year: $86,000

1 to 5 years: $100,000

5 to 10 years: $108,206

10 to 20 years: $118,000