Average Project Manager, Pharmaceuticals Salary

The top respondents for the job title Project Manager, Pharmaceuticals are from the companies Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPD), Inc. Reported salaries are highest at Johnson & Johnson where the average pay is $129,914. Other companies that offer high salaries for this role include Amgen Corporation, earning around $119,818. Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPD), Inc pays the lowest at around $72,589. Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. also pays on the lower end of the scale, paying $77,755.

Skills in Project Management, Oral / Verbal Communication, Regulatory Compliance and Clinical Research are correlated to pay that is above average. Skills that pay less than market rate include Project Coordinating.

An entry-level Project Manager, Pharmaceuticals with less than 1 year experience can expect to earn an average total compensation (includes tips, bonus, and overtime pay) of $70,831 based on 11 salaries. An early career Project Manager, Pharmaceuticals with 1-4 years of experience earns an average total compensation of $77,105 based on 126 salaries. A mid-career Project Manager, Pharmaceuticals with 5-9 years of experience earns an average total compensation of $92,326 based on 113 salaries. An experienced Project Manager, Pharmaceuticals with 10-19 years of experience earns an average total compensation of $110,222 based on 112 salaries. In their late career (20 years and higher), employees earn an average total compensation of $133,482.

Employees with Project Manager, Pharmaceuticals in their job title in Raleigh, North Carolina earn an average of 26.1% more than the national average. These job titles also find higher than average salaries in Cambridge, Massachusetts (24.4% more) and Boston, Massachusetts (11.7% more). The lowest salaries can be found in Durham, North Carolina (7.7% less) and New York, New York (0.5% less).