Explore jobs
Find specific jobs
Explore careers
Explore professions
Best companies
Explore companies
Job outlook for erp project managers in the United States
Erp project manager job and salary trends over time
Erp project manager jobs over time
Erp project manager job growth rate over time
| Year | # of jobs | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 283 | 0.00% |
| 2020 | 745 | 0.00% |
| 2019 | 438 | 0.00% |
| 2018 | 219 | 0.00% |
| 2017 | 181 | 0.00% |
Average erp project manager salary over time
Erp project manager salary by year
| Year | Avg. salary | Hourly rate | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $122,450 | $58.87 | +3.4% |
| 2024 | $118,416 | $56.93 | +2.3% |
| 2023 | $115,735 | $55.64 | +2.0% |
| 2022 | $113,478 | $54.56 | +2.3% |
| 2021 | $110,914 | $53.32 | +1.5% |
Erp project manager jobs by state
Most common states for erp project managers
| Rank | State | Population | # of jobs | Employment/ 1000ppl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | District of Columbia | 693,972 | 649 | 94% |
| 2 | Massachusetts | 6,859,819 | 1,812 | 26% |
| 3 | Virginia | 8,470,020 | 2,132 | 25% |
| 4 | Washington | 7,405,743 | 1,858 | 25% |
| 5 | Delaware | 961,939 | 223 | 23% |
| 6 | Oregon | 4,142,776 | 906 | 22% |
| 7 | Rhode Island | 1,059,639 | 234 | 22% |
| 8 | Minnesota | 5,576,606 | 1,157 | 21% |
| 9 | Maryland | 6,052,177 | 1,196 | 20% |
| 10 | Utah | 3,101,833 | 614 | 20% |
| 11 | New Hampshire | 1,342,795 | 272 | 20% |
| 12 | North Dakota | 755,393 | 149 | 20% |
| 13 | Vermont | 623,657 | 127 | 20% |
| 14 | Nebraska | 1,920,076 | 343 | 18% |
| 15 | Georgia | 10,429,379 | 1,686 | 16% |
| 16 | New Jersey | 9,005,644 | 1,453 | 16% |
| 17 | Wisconsin | 5,795,483 | 926 | 16% |
| 18 | New Mexico | 2,088,070 | 327 | 16% |
| 19 | Montana | 1,050,493 | 170 | 16% |
| 20 | Alaska | 739,795 | 115 | 16% |
Most common cities for erp project managers
| Rank | City | # of jobs | Employment/ 1000ppl | Avg. salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Annapolis | 4 | 10% | $119,490 |
| 2 | Frankfort | 2 | 7% | $105,560 |
| 3 | Juneau | 2 | 6% | $104,104 |
| 4 | Dover | 2 | 5% | $127,153 |
| 5 | Lansing | 4 | 3% | $111,588 |
| 6 | Hartford | 2 | 2% | $132,829 |
| 7 | Springfield | 2 | 2% | $114,235 |
| 8 | Topeka | 2 | 2% | $120,161 |
| 9 | Boston | 5 | 1% | $120,988 |
| 10 | Atlanta | 4 | 1% | $138,335 |
| 11 | Baton Rouge | 3 | 1% | $115,446 |
| 12 | Des Moines | 2 | 1% | $117,929 |
| 13 | Tallahassee | 2 | 1% | $111,772 |
| 14 | Urban Honolulu | 2 | 1% | $96,522 |
| 15 | Indianapolis | 3 | 0% | $107,401 |
| 16 | Minneapolis | 2 | 0% | $107,482 |
| 17 | Phoenix | 2 | 0% | $130,134 |
| 18 | Sacramento | 2 | 0% | $160,800 |
ERP Project Manager job outlook: Expert opinions
Our panel of erp project manager experts
Ohio State University
Heidelberg University
Kansas State University
University of Minnesota Crookston
Wofford College
University of Kansas
Binghamton University
.jpg)
Dalton State
Colby College
Colby-Sawyer College
Dr. Laura Deeter PhD
Professor of Practice: Horticulture and Crop ScienceOhio State University
Applied Horticulture And Horticultural Business Services
What general advice would you give to an ERP Project Manager?
Dr. Laura Deeter PhD: Be open to learning and trying something outside of your comfort zone.
Be willing to work hard and don't expect to be project manager right out of school. Hard work will get you there fast enough.
Dr. Trish Berg
Associate Professor of Management, Heidelberg University, Tiffin, OhioHeidelberg University
Business Administration, Management And Operations
What will help ERP Project Managers increase their earning potential?
Dr. Trish Berg: One career field that is in high demand and growing is project management. With the complexity and flexibility needed in today's fast-paced culture, many organizations in diverse industries rely on project managers to complete jobs and organize teams to meet the needs of customers.
Daily, project managers create plans, create work schedules, build, and motivate teams, assign, and track work from start to finish, set project setting scopes and budgets, create workflow plans, and define what key performance indicators (KPIs) are which is how they can measure project success.
Project managers must be both people focused, and task focused. Successful project managers understand what Sinek calls the power of the why in order to successfully motivate teams towards success.
What certifications/licenses/courses can have the biggest impact for ERP Project Managers?
Brett Horton Ph.D.: The successful leaders are those who:
- Have a degree in hospitality management and understand what just occurred.
-There are few certifications necessary for work in the hospitality. Food safety is required for some positions, but this has likely been obtained while in school. Additional certifications may be obtained in the first 5 years of employment.
Will there be an enduring impact of the coronavirus pandemic on ERP Project Managers?
Brett Horton Ph.D.: - The enduring impact is the opportunity to experience first hand coming out of a major hospitality economic downturn. Many hotels and hospitality operations are rebounding from near or complete closure. Such an amazing time to get in on the fast track to the top of an organization. There will be numerous opportunities that did not exist in March of 2020.
- Graduates are positioned to thrive more than the graduates in 2020 in that the number of open positions is huge. They have the opportunity to start with a career with great companies and great leaders and grow as fast as they so desire.
- The only downside may be moving up too fast and now being completely grounded in the basics due to being hired and put in positions of authority before they may be fully prepared.
What will help ERP Project Managers increase their earning potential?
Brett Horton Ph.D.: - Willingness to take on increased responsibility
- Willingness to move locations
- Willingness to work in different departments to learn and grow with the organization
What skills stand out on ERP Project Manager resumes?
Rutherford Johnson Ph.D.: Well, familiarity and proficiency with the technology I just described is now important. I also always promote language as a highly valuable skill -- and if you are working internationally, even remotely, it is a definite skill that makes you stand out. Even though English is now the main international language, do not just rely on that if that is your main language. Knowing the language of your clients, for example, even just a little of it, can pay off and make you get noticed. It also helps you understand the culture and people of that country a lot better.
Dr. Smriti Bhargava Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of EconomicsWofford College
Economics Department
What skills stand out on ERP Project Manager resumes?
Dr. Smriti Bhargava Ph.D.: I think skills of data analysis in addition to knowledge of software programs (through prior experience in terms of a research project with a faculty member or an internship) will stand out on a resume as college graduates search for jobs. Such experience signals abilities of quantitative reasoning and critical thinking, which are highly valued. In addition, good communication skills, both written and verbal, are extremely important.
What certifications/licenses/courses can have the biggest impact for ERP Project Managers?
Milena Stanislavova Ph.D.: In today's highly technological world, strong quantitative skills are a must for every job. These come with deep mathematical foundations, but more is needed - knowledge of statistics and computational techniques or programing languages, ability to read and interpret data in various formats and familiarity with economics are all great prerequisites. Such courses and technical skills allow one to gain a deep understanding of how the world really works and to create quantitative mathematical models for it. The more we ask students to work on real world research projects that emphasize these skills, the better prepared and competitive they become.
What soft skills should all ERP Project Managers possess?
Milena Stanislavova Ph.D.: Working and collaborating in groups, presenting to different audiences, writing technical reports, grant applications and researching new topics are all essential soft skills. Much of today's world relies on data, so collecting, summarizing, organizing and presenting data is also an important soft skill that is becoming quite fundamental.
Denise Lorenzetti
Director of Binghamton University's Fleishman Center for Career and Professional DevelopmentBinghamton University
Fleishman Center for Career and Professional Development
What skills stand out on ERP Project Manager resumes?
Denise Lorenzetti: Employers have been placing a large emphasis on finding candidates with skills that demonstrate the ability to utilize technology and demonstrate adaptability, resilience and taking initiative.
Tech skills such as programming, coding, and Excel continue to be valuable to employers for both tech and non-tech roles.
Employers are also interested in learning how graduates spent their time during the pandemic. If internships were not an option, continuing to build skills through online classes such as LinkedIn Learning or Coursera, virtually volunteering, and demonstrating to employers a commitment to growing during the pandemic is critically important.
Job seekers can demonstrate this by earning microcredentials and digital badges relevant to the industry they are interested in or in areas they are passionate about.
What are the biggest trends we'll see in the ERP Project Manager job market given the pandemic?
Cortnee Young: I believe work-from-home/virtual job opportunities will become more available. For recent graduates, this comes with pros and cons. I believe a big pro is the availability to more opportunity (versus narrowing down their search to specific geographic locations). A major con that I see would be the inability to learn hands-on skills and teachable moments from being in the office, for their first job.
Lisa Noble
Director of Employer Engagement and Entrepreneurship and DavisConnects Advisor for ConsultingColby College
DavisConnects
What type of skills will young ERP Project Managers need?
Lisa Noble: To be immediately valuable to employers, new graduates need to write well, think critically, draw reasonable conclusions from data and learn new things quickly -- this has always been true; if they can present well, so much the better! Happily, liberal arts students of all majors have these skills in abundance. That said, humanities majors have a decided advantage when it comes to written expression because they read and write so much as part of their course of study. English majors hone their craft as writers with focused guidance from their professors.
That said, with the digital transformation of virtually every industry, graduates who majored in the humanities will need to learn to use tools to create compelling digital content (Adobe Creative Suite, WordPress, HTML, Canva) and to measure and analyze its impact, whether it's an email or social media campaign, ads, websites, landing pages, or webinars (SEO, HubSpot or Pardot, Google Analytics, and more).
Regardless of what they pursue after they graduate, they will need, at a minimum, to be facile with Excel, PowerPoint (the language of business), collaboration tools like Monday.com, Asana, and SmartSheet and communication tools that facilitate remote work like Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Slack.
Are there any particularly good places in the United States for ERP Project Managers to find work opportunities?
Lisa Noble: With remote work likely to remain a primary way of doing business, and a fraction of the workforce returning to the office, it's expected that geography won't matter as much for new graduates as it has in the past. We are seeing more young alumni heading to less dense geographies, where there are exciting tech hubs and mountains for outdoor recreation. Jackson Hole, Park City, and Denver are beginning to overtake San Francisco and Seattle as attractive destinations for their relative affordability and quality of life. Increasingly, COVID has made everyone crave wide open spaces, after months of confinement in small apartments in big cities.
If the class of 2020 is any indication, the technology industry will likely continue to be a significant employer of graduates of all majors, followed by business, then education. We see many of our alumni in the humanities in non-coding roles in technology like UX Design, social media marketing, Customer Experience, product management, sales, marketing, employee engagement, and recruiting.
In this economic climate, where traditional media (book publishing, broadcast and print journalism, advertising) have frozen hiring, we are seeing our English majors exploring roles in business and corporate communications, investor relations, brand management, learning and development, and more.
How do you envision technology impacting ERP Project Managers in the next 5 years?
Lisa Noble: Technology will impact every field! I imagine that English majors will be critical for improving artificial intelligence to create more satisfying and productive human-computer interactions. Who better to build the logic for a chatbot capable of providing adaptive, helpful, and empathetic responses to soothe the ruffled feathers of a frustrated visitor to a utility company's website or provide timely and appropriate support in the event of a real crisis?
There is very little that we won't be able to monitor in five years. English majors will have the ability to test and receive feedback on all communication manner in real-time, and adapt quickly to produce the desired results: did they attract the right audience with the right message? Did they compel the audience to respond as expected? Did first-time visitors to their website know intuitively what to do? Did they accomplish what they wanted to do in the way they expected? Were they delighted, and did they linger or buy more stuff? Will they evangelize the product or service or platform to others? Instead of waiting weeks or months for this insight and risk losing existing customers or alienating potential customers, English majors will be able to de-risk communications by fixing problems as quickly as they appear.
Jennifer Tockman
Director of Career Development and BOLD Women's Leadership NetworkColby-Sawyer College
What type of skills will young ERP Project Managers need?
Jennifer Tockman: Flexibility, ability to adapt to whatever style work style, and the environment we are using given the world around us, working as a team (even if remote), can be a self-learner, especially in a private fashion. Excellent communication skills are also essential for success.
How do you envision technology impacting ERP Project Managers in the next 5 years?
Jennifer Tockman: I believe it'll take this industry (as most industries) to a technology level we have not imagined. The successful candidates will be able to adapt to these changes quickly. Candidates will have to be willing to quickly learn new platforms, technologies, etc. as they roll out - otherwise, I feel they may be left behind.