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Working As A Project Leader

Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
Scheduling Work and Activities
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others

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$105,144
Average Salary

What Does A Project Leader Do

Project Managers are responsibile for defining, planning, tracking, and managing the projects they are assigned. They are also responsible for the distribution of duties, roles, and functions to team members.

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Project Leader Demographic

Gender

Male
66.4%
Female
29.4%
Unknown
4.1%

Ethnicity

White
65.7%
Asian
21.5%
Hispanic or Latino
8.7%
Unknown
3.1%
Black or African American
1.0%

Languages Spoken

Spanish
32.8%
French
11.1%
Chinese
10.9%
Mandarin
9.5%
German
6.5%
Japanese
4.6%
Portuguese
3.4%
Hindi
3.2%
Italian
2.7%
Cantonese
2.6%
Russian
2.5%
Arabic
2.5%
Korean
1.8%
Carrier
1.7%
Gujarati
0.8%
Urdu
0.8%
Vietnamese
0.7%
Swedish
0.6%
Marathi
0.6%
Dutch
0.5%

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Project Leader Typical Career Paths

Average Length of Employment

Top Careers Before Project Leader

Top Careers After Project Leader

Project Manager 22.8%
Consultant 8.8%
Senior Project Manager 7.6%
Program Manager 6.5%
Business Analyst 5.7%
Team Leader 5.0%
Senior Consultant 4.8%
Senior Software Engineer 4.8%
Lead Technician 4.3%
Manager 4.1%
Information Technology Project Manager 3.9%
Senior Manager 3.1%
Technical Project Manager 2.6%
Senior Business Analyst 2.5%
Vice President 2.5%
Internship 2.3%
Software Engineer 2.3%
Information Technology Manager 2.2%
Senior Programmer Analyst 2.2%
Research Assistant 2.1%

Project Leader Education

Schools

University of Phoenix
16.4%
George Washington University
7.2%
Pennsylvania State University
6.2%
More Tech Institute
5.6%
Purdue University
5.5%
New York University
5.0%
Villanova University
4.7%
Northeastern University
4.7%
Arizona State University
4.5%
Texas A&M University
4.2%
Ohio State University
4.1%
Michigan State University
4.0%
University of Texas at Austin
3.9%
University of Houston
3.7%
DePaul University
3.5%
University of Southern California
3.5%
Drexel University
3.4%
Rochester Institute of Technology
3.3%
University of Washington
3.3%
University of Maryland - University College
3.3%

Majors

Degrees

Bachelors
41.9%
Masters
33.6%
Other
12.7%
Associate
3.7%
Doctorate
3.5%
Certificate
3.2%
Diploma
1.3%
License
0.1%

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Real Project Leader Salaries

Job Title	Company	Location	Start Date	Salary
Project Lead	Accenture LLP	New York, NY	Sep 12, 2015	$220,000
Project Leader	Bloomberg, LP	New York, NY	Jan 09, 2016	$217,000
Engineering Project Lead	Apple Inc.	Cupertino, CA	Jul 07, 2016	$215,000 - $230,000
Technical Program/Project Lead	Google Inc.	Mountain View, CA	Dec 01, 2015	$201,500
Technical Program/Project Lead	Google Inc.	Mountain View, CA	Jan 12, 2015	$201,500
Project Leader	Tata Consultancy Services Limited	New York, NY	Oct 27, 2016	$200,928
Engineering Project Lead	Apple Inc.	Cupertino, CA	Jan 26, 2016	$185,000 - $190,000
Project Leader	The Boston Consulting Group, Inc.	Seattle, WA	Jul 11, 2016	$182,112 - $210,704
Project Leader	The Boston Consulting Group, Inc.	Boston, MA	Jun 15, 2015	$182,091 - $210,704
Project Leader/Principal	The Boston Consulting Group	Boston, MA	Oct 08, 2016	$181,500 - $240,000
Project Leader/Principal	The Boston Consulting Group	Philadelphia, PA	Aug 15, 2016	$181,500 - $240,000
Project Leader/Principal	The Boston Consulting Group	Philadelphia, PA	Oct 08, 2016	$181,500 - $240,000
Project Leader/Principal	The Boston Consulting Group	Houston, TX	Aug 17, 2016	$181,500 - $240,000
Project Leader/Principal	The Boston Consulting Group	Bethesda, MD	Aug 18, 2016	$181,500 - $240,000
Asset Integrity Management Project Lead	Forsys Subsea Inc.	Houston, TX	Jan 01, 2016	$97,948
Project Lead	Headstrong Services LLC	New York, NY	Jan 02, 2016	$97,850
SR. Project Lead (IT)	Syntel Inc.	Troy, MI	Apr 22, 2015	$97,840
Payroll Technical Project Lead	Marsh & McLennan Co.	Hoboken, NJ	Jun 30, 2016	$97,742 - $118,500
Project Lead	Jsrams	Roseville, CA	Jul 20, 2016	$97,698
Project Leader-Software Solutions	Computech Corporation	Detroit, MI	Jun 13, 2016	$97,500
Project Lead	Xavient Information Systems, Inc.	Exton, PA	Jun 05, 2015	$97,500
Nand Characterization Project Lead	Micron Technology, Inc.	Boise, ID	Mar 26, 2015	$97,374
Project Lead	Tech Mahindra (Americas), Inc.	Southborough, MA	Aug 05, 2015	$80,392
Project Leader	Cyient, Inc.	Seal Beach, CA	Sep 30, 2016	$80,260
Associate Project Leader	KPIT Infosystems, Inc.	Denton, TX	Jul 31, 2015	$80,258
Associate Project Leader	KPIT Infosystems Inc.	Denton, TX	Sep 23, 2015	$80,258
Project Lead	Systime Computer Corporation	Winston-Salem, NC	Jul 27, 2015	$80,055
Vendavo Project Lead	Experis Us, Inc.	Coppell, TX	Oct 20, 2015	$80,016 - $250,440
Project Lead	Prime Technology Group Inc.	Wayne, PA	Apr 01, 2015	$80,000
Project Lead	Nuvento LLC	Lenexa, KS	Apr 22, 2015	$80,000

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Top Skills for A Project Leader

Top Project Leader Skills

Data Warehouse
Project Status
Procedures

You can check out examples of real life uses of top skills on resumes here:

Analyzed and designed new project such as Data Warehouse for Wilmington site.
Update management of project status accordingly.
Create and update documentation procedures.
Run conversion of DSDC Windows Service into webservice for use by Embedded Security/Deputy
Program was developed using Visual Basic.NET and SQL Server 2000 technology.