Average Project Manager, Pharmaceuticals Salary

The top respondents for the job title Project Manager, Pharmaceuticals are from the companies Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPD), Inc and Thermo Fisher Scientific, 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 and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, earning around $119,818 and $110,461, respectively. Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPD), Inc pays the lowest at around $71,236. Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. and GlaxoSmithKline also pay on the lower end of the scale, paying $77,755 and $99,120, respectively.

Skills in 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 and Project Management.

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 $73,687 based on 11 salaries. An early career Project Manager, Pharmaceuticals with 1-4 years of experience earns an average total compensation of $78,326 based on 109 salaries. A mid-career Project Manager, Pharmaceuticals with 5-9 years of experience earns an average total compensation of $93,024 based on 114 salaries. An experienced Project Manager, Pharmaceuticals with 10-19 years of experience earns an average total compensation of $115,816 based on 105 salaries. In their late career (20 years and higher), employees earn an average total compensation of $135,148.

Employees with Project Manager, Pharmaceuticals in their job title in San Diego, California earn an average of 29.2% more than the national average. These job titles also find higher than average salaries in Raleigh, North Carolina (22.8% more) and Boston, Massachusetts (16.3% more). The lowest salaries can be found in Durham, North Carolina (12.0% less), Los Angeles, California (5.8% less) and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1.6% less).