PMP Certification ROI

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An ROI analysis of the PMP (Project Management Professional) certification for IT project managers, documenting an average 16,000-25,000 dollar salary increase (PMI reports PMP holders earning about 20% more) and a 123,000-135,000 median versus 100,000-115,000 for non-certified peers. It details the exam cost (405-555 dollars), the 35-hour education and 36-60 month experience requirements, 100-150 hours of preparation, IT project manager salaries by specialization, agile certifications as alternatives or complements, and how PMP compares with an MBA for IT careers.

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1. 11 July 2026 · corrected by Melik Can Sariyer

   1 flagged claim verified: an anonymous 'Senior IT project manager, career changer from operations management' anecdote with unverified-precision details (exact weeks, exact inquiry count, exact years) had no verifiable source and was generalized to an illustrative pattern.

   What the page claimed

   Article included a blockquote attributed to an anonymous 'Senior IT project manager, career changer from operations management' with unverified-precision specifics: within two weeks of adding PMP to LinkedIn, three recruiter inquiries, six years of prior project experience.

   What was corrected

   Generalized the anecdote to plain prose describing a common pattern reported by IT project managers who transitioned from operations management, removing the unverified exact timeframe, exact inquiry count, and exact years of experience.

   Why: Applied fact-check correction: generalized an unverifiable anonymous anecdote with unverified-precision details to illustrative prose.

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