HR project manager: PM Role Pay Benchmark
The median published figure in the PM Role Pay Benchmark is 108,655 USD across 6 sources' own pages in USD (range 47,540 to 175,140 USD; 8 sources publish a figure), read 12 October 2026.
Jobcardo sells its own paid plan in this category (our pricing). It is not counted here: every figure in this index is another provider's own published price, read from its own page.
8 of the 22 named sources read in full publish a figure; 14 publish none, read 12 October 2026.
The median is unchanged since 26 September 2026 (was 108,655 USD across 6).
By seniority
| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| senioritystarter | 27,000GBP | 27,000 to 27,000GBP | 1 |
| seniorityexperienced | 65,000GBP | 65,000 to 65,000GBP | 1 |
Every figure, with its source
One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read. A figure that is not on a page we read is not on this one.
| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| O*NET 11-3021.00 Computer and Information Systems Managers | 175,140USD | 2026-10-12 | |
| BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: Construction Managers | 114,990USD | 2026-10-12 | |
| O*NET 11-9021.00 Construction Managers | 114,990USD | 2026-10-12 | |
| BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: Project Management Specialists | 102,320USD | 2026-10-12 | |
| O*NET 13-1082.00 Project Management Specialists | 102,320USD | 2026-10-12 | |
| National Careers Service: construction manager | 65,000GBP | experienced | 2026-10-12 |
| O*NET 43-6014.00 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | 47,540USD | 2026-10-12 | |
| ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, latest bulletin | 39,039GBP | 2026-10-12 | |
| National Careers Service: construction manager | 27,000GBP | starter | 2026-10-12 |
The sentence each figure was read from (9)
- O*NET 11-3021.00 Computer and Information Systems Managers, read 2026-10-12:
Median wages $84.20 hourly, $175,140 annual
- BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: Construction Managers, read 2026-10-12:
2025 Median Pay $114,990 per year
- O*NET 11-9021.00 Construction Managers, read 2026-10-12:
Median wages $55.28 hourly, $114,990 annual
- BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: Project Management Specialists, read 2026-10-12:
2025 Median Pay $102,320 per year
- O*NET 13-1082.00 Project Management Specialists, read 2026-10-12:
Median wages $49.19 hourly, $102,320 annual
- National Careers Service: construction manager, read 2026-10-12:
£65,000
- O*NET 43-6014.00 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, read 2026-10-12:
Median wages $22.86 hourly, $47,540 annual
- ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, latest bulletin, read 2026-10-12:
Median gross annual earnings for full-time employees were £39,039 in April 2025, compared with £37,439 in April 2024, which is an increase of 4.3%.
- National Careers Service: construction manager, read 2026-10-12:
Average salary (a year) £27,000
Read in full, publishes no figure
14 named sources were read in full on the dates shown and print no usable figure. They are counted, never filled in.
- BLS OEWS 11-9021 Construction Managers, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- BLS OEWS 13-1082 Project Management Specialists, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- BLS OEWS 11-3021 Computer and Information Systems Managers, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- BLS OEWS 13-1071 Human Resources Specialists, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- ONS ASHE landing page, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- National Careers Service: project manager, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Jobs and Skills Australia: 133111 Construction Project Managers, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Jobs and Skills Australia: 135112 ICT Project Managers, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Jobs and Skills Australia: 511112 Program and Project Administrators, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- ABS Employee Earnings and Hours, Australia, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Job Bank Canada wages: Construction manager, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Job Bank Canada wages: Project manager, construction, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Job Bank Canada wage report: Construction managers, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Job Bank Canada labour market: Project manager, construction, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
Methodology
Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2).
8 of the 22 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 14 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 1 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere.
The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in USD (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 38 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded.
The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): one row per occupation per jurisdiction: the statistical agency's median and percentile pay with its reference period, joined to the official duty list (O*NET tasks, the National Careers Service profile, the ANZSCO description) so a job description and its pay are the same row; the cross-jurisdiction spread for one role, and the trade premium (an HVAC or roofing project manager against the all-industry project-management median), are the figures nobody publishes together; changed-since on each release
38 candidate sentences on these pages were refused by a reviewer; each refusal and its reason is recorded in the review ledger.
Sources (23)
- BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: Construction Managers(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- BLS OEWS 11-9021 Construction Managers(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- BLS OEWS 13-1082 Project Management Specialists(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- BLS OEWS 11-3021 Computer and Information Systems Managers(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- BLS OEWS 13-1071 Human Resources Specialists(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- O*NET 11-9021.00 Construction Managers(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- O*NET 13-1082.00 Project Management Specialists(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- O*NET 43-6014.00 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, latest bulletin(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ONS ASHE landing page(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- National Careers Service: project manager(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- National Careers Service: construction manager(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Jobs and Skills Australia: 133111 Construction Project Managers(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Jobs and Skills Australia: 135112 ICT Project Managers(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Jobs and Skills Australia: 511112 Program and Project Administrators(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ABS Employee Earnings and Hours, Australia(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Job Bank Canada wages: Construction manager(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Job Bank Canada wages: Project manager, construction(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Job Bank Canada wage report: Construction managers(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Job Bank Canada labour market: Project manager, construction(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- O*NET 11-3021.00 Computer and Information Systems Managers(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: Project Management Specialists(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- bls.gov(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
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The median published figure in the PM Role Pay Benchmark is 108,655 USD across 6 sources' own pages in USD (range 47,540 to 175,140 USD; 8 sources publish a figure), read 12 October 2026.
8 of the 22 named sources read in full publish a figure; 14 publish none, read 12 October 2026.
PM Role Pay Benchmark, seniority starter: median 27,000 GBP across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.
PM Role Pay Benchmark, seniority experienced: median 65,000 GBP across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.
The median is unchanged since 26 September 2026 (was 108,655 USD across 6).
Cite as: "Jobcardo PM Role Pay Benchmark", updated 2026-10-18, https://jobcardo.com/datasets/pm-role-pay-benchmark/.
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