Salary for Senior-level / Expert Project Manager in United States during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Project Manager in United States during 2025 is USD 147,274

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Project Manager salary lies between USD 126,000 and USD 186,791 in the United States. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.

Job title
Project Manager
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
10
Top 10%
$ 193,500
Top 25%
$ 186,791
Median
$ 147,274
Bottom 25%
$ 126,000
Bottom 10%
$ 120,000

Region represents the primary country of residence of an employee during the year (or residence for tax purposes). All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Senior-level / Expert Project Manager roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Project Manager job listings are Compliance, Clearance and CISSP. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Compliance | 10 jobs Clearance | 9 jobs CISSP | 8 jobs Cloud | 8 jobs Agile | 7 jobs Monitoring | 7 jobs ITIL | 6 jobs DoD | 6 jobs Risk management | 5 jobs Computer Science | 5 jobs Audits | 4 jobs Scrum | 4 jobs NIST | 4 jobs Incident response | 3 jobs Forensics | 3 jobs Azure | 3 jobs ISO 27001 | 3 jobs CISM | 3 jobs Privacy | 3 jobs IT infrastructure | 3 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Project Manager roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Project Manager job listings are Career development, Health care and Competitive pay. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 12 jobs Health care | 7 jobs Competitive pay | 6 jobs Medical leave | 4 jobs Parental leave | 3 jobs Startup environment | 3 jobs Insurance | 3 jobs 401(k) matching | 2 jobs Equity / stock options | 2 jobs Flex hours | 2 jobs Flex vacation | 2 jobs Wellness | 2 jobs Travel | 2 jobs Team events | 2 jobs Relocation support | 1 jobs Salary bonus | 1 jobs

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