If you want to stay competitive, earn top dollar and enjoy greater job security, you need to be PMP certified. Check the stats. Project managers who are PMP certified earn up to $10,000 more annually than project managers who aren’t certified. Plus, PMP certified salaries are continuing to rise every year. More and more companies, and most Fortune 500 companies, require their project managers be PMP certified. Plus, it’s been documented that 77% of PMP certified project managers have never had to look for a job post PMP-certification because their certification provided job security and a career path that allowed them to be fulfilled in their current position.