Asking for a raise soon and doing some research. What are other creative project managers with 5-7 years experience making?

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Location? I’m Midwest and I’m making 81k. Hoping to be promoted this year and hopefully get close to 95-100

I’m in Texas and making just under 75k. From my research, looks like the average pay for PMs is around 85k. Senior PMs seem to be around 90-120k?

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I’m in a HCOL area and am making $95k

My last job in Boston was $100,000

130k but I’m in NYC! Freelance remote. More along 8 years.

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