Business and finance

Project Management Specialist in New York

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

What employers actually ask for

Credentials named in the 48 postings we read, ranked by how many mentioned each one.

Bachelor's DegreeAccredited institution
6%
3 of 48 postingsAccredited institution →
PMPProject Management Institute
6%
3 of 48 postings$555 exam · fee checked 2026-08~200 hrs prepProject Management Institute →

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 3 of 48 postings — 6%

If you earned all 1 of them

$555

fees checked 2026-08

200 hrs

200 hours — about 20 weeks at 10 hrs/wk

Not in the total: Bachelor's Degree — cost varies by institution.

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.

$77,350

10th percentile

$126,660

median

$206,180

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 · Figma · Datadog · Harvey · Scale AI · Stripe · Asana · Betterment · Cursor · Duolingo · Komodo Health · Lyft · MongoDB · OpenAI · Peloton · Ramp · Robinhood · SoFi

The same role elsewhere