Project Management Statistics
The overall information and communications technology market grew by 6 percent to almost $3 trillion in 2010
In the U.S. the size of the IT workforce topped 4 million workers in 2008, and the unemployment rate for IT professionals is half the rate for the overall labor market
In 2011 the total compensation for the average senior project manager in U.S. dollars was $105,000 per year in the United States and $160,409 in the Switzerland.
The number of people earning their Project Management Professional (PMP) certification continues to increase. 44 percent of employers listed project management as a skill they looked for in new college grads, behind only communication and technical skills