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Project Manager Career Market Report 2026

10,851 active jobs. 2,590 companies. Median salary $101K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

10,851
Active Job Openings
2,590
Companies Hiring
$101K
Median Salary (US)
69%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The Project Manager market data on this page is updated daily from 800,000+ active job postings across 20 ATS platforms.

Greenhouse Lever Workday Ashby SmartRecruiters Workable + 14 more ATS sources

Salary: Extracted via NLP. Only USD $5K-$3M included. Skills: Named entity recognition, noise-filtered (generic soft skills excluded). Experience: Inferred from title + description. Coverage: 69% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $101K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $80K to $164K.

Project Management is the most-demanded skill at 68%

Project Management demand rose +15.9pp — fastest-growing skill

Turnertownsend leads hiring with 531 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Manager → Director (+$35K, +35%)

Salary increase: +$35K · Sample: Manager → Director

AI automation risk: medium-high (score 70/100)

Score: 70/100 · AI/LLM demand: 17% of postings

Week-over-week changes reflect dataset expansion, not market surge

Recent growth in tracked postings is from adding new data sources, not a one-week hiring boom. Interpret trend data with this in mind.

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90
Manager1,041$80K$100K$164K
Director3$92K$135K$236K

What jumps out

Manager → Director: +$35K (35%) — the biggest single-step increase. The salary curve is back-loaded: the largest raises come at transitions where scope changes from executing tasks to owning outcomes, or from owning outcomes to shaping architecture across teams.

Salary by Country

CountryJobsMedianCurrency
United States643$104KUSD
Remote51$101KUSD
Canada36$97KUSD

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site2.7%
Remote8.2%
Hybrid2.6%

~80% of postings do not specify work mode. Figures show only positions where it is explicitly stated.

Top Skills in Demand

Project Management
68%
PMP
22%
Procurement
21%
AI/LLM
17%
Supply Chain
12%
Quality Assurance
10%
Quality Control
9%
Program Management
9%
Logistics
8%
Commercial Real Estate
7%
SCRUM
6%
Data Analysis
5%

Skills on the Rise

Project Management ↑+15.9ppLogistics ↑+7.5ppCommercial Real Estate ↑+7.1ppSCRUM ↑+5.5ppPMP ↑+5.2pp

Declining in Demand

Journalism ↓-23.2ppAgile ↓-14.1ppExcel ↓-13.3ppSustainability ↓-12.1ppConstruction Management ↓-11.2pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Turnertownsend5314.9%
Jll1401.3%
trilongroup1341.2%
Cw1020.9%
Infuse990.9%
Parsons940.9%
Jci800.7%
Prosidianconsulting780.7%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States3,992
Remote461
United Kingdom422
India325
Canada202
Singapore127
Australia118
Germany112

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree35.5%1,777
Master's Degree10.9%546
Bachelor's Degree10.9%546
MBA0.4%21
PhD / Doctorate0.2%11

Certifications

PMP (15%)PRINCE2 (5%)Certified Scrum Master (2%)MBA (1%)

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