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Business and finance

Project Management Specialist in Los Angeles

51 postings read · sampled 2026-08-02 · source ats

What employers actually ask for

Credentials named in the 51 postings we read, ranked by how many mentioned each one.

What it costs

Exam and application fees plus typical self-study hours. Almost nobody needs every credential on this list — start with the top line.

Most-asked-for, on its own
$555PMP · ~200 hrs
asked for in 4 of 51 postings — 8%
If you earned all 1 of them
$555
fees checked 2026-08
200 hrs
200 hours — about 20 weeks at 10 hrs/wk

Lower signal for this role

Credentials that barely appeared in this sample. That is not a claim they are worthless — plenty are valuable for a different job, a different city, or a promotion later. It is a claim that employers here mostly did not ask.

What it pays

BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. A different survey from the postings above, so the two do not share a sample.

$65,540
10th percentile
$108,310
median
$185,220
90th percentile

Every credential above costs $555 — about 1 day's pay at the median.

Who was hiring

Employers with at least one matching posting in this sample.

Anthropic · Scale AI · Figma · Verkada · Lyft · SoFi · Roblox · Sierra · 1X · Gusto · Robinhood · Stripe

The same role elsewhere

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