# Project Manager Salary Lead: $147k median (2026)

> lead project manager salary - based on 102 live postings across 30+ ATS sources.

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## Salary

- **Median:** $147k
- **25th-75th percentile:** $132k - $175k
- **Based on:** 16 disclosed salaries from live postings

## Hiring across industries (ISIC Rev.4)

- Computer programming, consultancy and related activities (division 62, 24 open)
- Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis (division 71, 12 open)
- Employment activities (division 78, 7 open)
- Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding (division 64, 6 open)
- Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. (division 28, 5 open)
- Public administration and defence; compulsory social security (division 84, 4 open)

## Top companies hiring

- Caterpillar (5 open)
- ECS Ltd (4 open)
- Leidos (3 open)
- Analog Devices (2 open)
- WSP (2 open)
- Reliance Industries Limited (2 open)
- WSP in the U.S. (2 open)
- Redwire (2 open)

## Sample live roles

- [Contract Logistics Customer Onboarding Lead Project Manager Asia Pacific](https://sg.linkedin.com/jobs/view/contract-logistics-customer-onboarding-lead-project-manager-asia-pacific-at-kuehne%2Bnagel-4427927911) - Kuehne+Nagel - Singapore
- [Senior Information Technology Project Manager – Site Lead](https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=cbed5654785bd93a) - Wood River Federal - Tyndall AFB, FL
- [Senior Project Manager, Team Lead](https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=763346c5ffe2aace) - US AMR-Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc. - Plano, TX
- [Sr. Project Manager - Early Child Care Systems (IT Assistant Director II)](https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=b21993152e70b272) - State of Maryland - MSDE - Organizational Effectiveness - Baltimore, MD - $60.79 - $80.21 an hour
- [Technical Project Manager / Service Delivery Lead](https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=931ace3cffcd9500) - World Wide Technology Holding, LLC - Chantilly, VA - $170,000 - $200,000 a year
- [Associate Director - IT Project Manager, Physical Protective Security](https://novartis.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/Novartis_Careers/job/Barcelona-Gran-Va/Associate-Director---IT-Project-Manager--Protective-Security_REQ-10079978-1) - Novartis
- [Lead - Project Manager, Brand & Product Assets](https://de.linkedin.com/jobs/view/lead-project-manager-brand-product-assets-at-on-4444367369) - On - Berlin
- [Technical Project Manager - Electrical Design](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/technical-project-manager-electrical-design-at-solopoint-solutions-4445269189) - SoloPoint Solutions - Irvine, CA
- [Principal/Senior Principal, Project Manager or Design Manager](https://au.linkedin.com/jobs/view/principal-senior-principal-project-manager-or-design-manager-at-worldswin-4444948278) - worldswin - Brisbane, Queensland
- [Geotechnical Assistant Staff Project Manager](https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=ed299212c59e5287) - ECS Ltd - Fredericksburg, VA - $24 an hour
- [Principal Project Manager](https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=b687409d58c14035) - SimCorp A/S - New York, NY - $148,640 - $222,960 a year
- [Construction Materials Testing Assistant Staff Project Manager](https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=9dda65ea534da81c) - ECS Ltd - Allentown, PA

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