Project Scheduler salary
What a project scheduler actually earns, from 59 live job postings blended with the official US OEWS (Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) wage anchor. Pick a market for its median and range, then read the seniority split, the trend, and the country comparison below. Updated 2026-09-25.
What the number means
A project scheduler earns a blended US median near 112,486 dollars, with the typical middle running from 89,630 dollars to 148,359 dollars. The official OEWS median is 100,750 dollars, under the posted figure, because the advertised roles skew senior or well-funded. The official trend has moved up about 7 percent since 2021. Demand is rated high, and 6% of postings are fully remote. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is project engineer, at 76 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
Open project scheduler roles
Live openings, freshest first. Apply at the source.
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- Planificateur de production at USINES METALLURGIQUES DE VALLORBE SAVallorbe, Vaud, Switzerland1d agoApply
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Top-paying US states
OEWS median by state, highest first.
- Virginia$114,990
- New Jersey$113,320
- California$111,300
- Illinois$102,490
- Pennsylvania$97,280
- Utah$95,470
Roles that pay more, that these skills already reach
Median pay from each destination’s own postings, with the readiness a project scheduler profile already covers.
- 5186 open project manager roles$127,319 median · +$14,833 · 51% readiness
- 844 open electrical engineer roles$123,555 median · +$11,069 · 46% readiness
- 419 open project engineer roles$113,478 median · +$992 · 76% readiness
Every measured move out of this role, ranked by readiness: alternative careers for a project scheduler.
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Quick answers
How much does a project scheduler make?
The blended US median is about 112,486 dollars, with a typical range from 89,630 dollars to 148,359 dollars, against an official OEWS median of 100,750 dollars.
Is project scheduler a good career in 2026?
Demand for the role is rated high in our July 2026 corpus, with 6% of postings fully remote. The pay is shown above by seniority and by country.
What can a project scheduler move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is project engineer, at 76 percent skill coverage. Run the instrument for the full set of reachable moves.
Method: bands are the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of live US postings with stated pay, shrunk toward the official OEWS anchor by sample size (the “blended” figure). Trend is the OEWS annual median for SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code 13-1082. Live corpus 59 observations, 2026-09-25. Definitions in the glossary.