Project Management Institute

H-1B salaries and sponsorship, from 16 certified filings (FY2025–FY2026)

Active H-1B filer · last filed FY2026 Q3
  • Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations
  • Main U.S. filing address: Newtown Square, PA
Median base salary$164,781+34% vs. all H-1B employers
Middle 50%$146.5k–$173.9k
Level IV (expert) share63%all employers: 18%
Median prevailing wage$146,078the required minimum for these jobs and places

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10th $136.7k25th $146.5kmedian $164.8k75th $173.9k90th $181.6k

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Percentiles from Project Management Institute's certified H-1B filings, base salary only. Jobs with at least 10 filings.

What Project Management Institute hires for

Bar: share of Project Management Institute's filings. Figure: median base salary.

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JobMedianFilings
Software Engineer$165,76212

Jobs with at least 10 filings at Project Management Institute.

Pay by level

too fewLevel I
Entry-level · 6% of filings
–Level II
Mid-level · 0% of filings
too fewLevel III
Senior · 31% of filings
$165.8kLevel IV
Expert · 63% of filings
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By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I too few 1
Mid-level · Level II – 0
Senior · Level III too few 5
Expert · Level IV $165,762 10

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Salary details

Median salary$164,781
Middle 50%$146.5k–$173.9k
vs. all employers+34%comparison median $122,699
Filings16FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $87,882 and $193,987.
PercentileSalary
10th$136,702
25th$146,497
50th (median)$164,781
75th$173,935
90th$181,622

Pay vs. prevailing wage

Median offered salary$164,781
Median prevailing wage$146,078
Median difference+13.5%offered salary vs. prevailing wage, per filing
Filed at exactly the prevailing wage6%

Filing at exactly the prevailing wage does not mean low pay: at senior levels and in high-cost areas the prevailing wage itself is high.

About Project Management Institute

Project Management Institute's filings list its industry as Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations (Other Services (except Public Administration) sector, NAICS 8139). Its main U.S. filing address is in Newtown Square, PA and its filings in the data run from FY2020 to FY2026 Q3. In the latest two fiscal years, the most filed jobs are Software Engineer, QA Engineer and Market Research Analyst and the main metro areas are Philadelphia, PA, New York, NY and Atlanta, GA. The most common wage level in those years is Level IV (expert).

Questions

Does Project Management Institute sponsor H-1B visas?

Yes. Project Management Institute filed 16 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications in FY2025–FY2026, the latest two fiscal years. The most recent filing in the data is from FY2026 Q3. A certified LCA is a step before the H-1B petition; it is not a visa approval.

How much does Project Management Institute pay H-1B workers?

The median base salary on Project Management Institute's H-1B filings is $164,781; half of filings fall between $146,497 and $173,935. Bonus and stock are not included.