{"id":2772,"date":"2009-11-24T15:08:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-24T15:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/2009\/11\/24\/does-certification-matter-in-purchasing-salaries\/"},"modified":"2023-06-22T06:00:25","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T10:00:25","slug":"does-certification-matter-in-purchasing-salaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/does-certification-matter-in-purchasing-salaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Certification Matter In Purchasing Salaries?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every year, Purchasing Magazine conducts its widely-watched purchasing salary survey. This year\u2019s results aren\u2019t available yet, but editor Susan Avery gave everyone a sneak preview of the results in a post on their social networking site, PurchasingBizConnect.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss updates on Procurement &amp; Supply Chain, Subscribe here!<\/p>\n<p>In this post, Susan reveals that the three certifications included on the survey definitely mattered when it comes to earning power in the purchasing field. Susan writes that purchasing professionals who have earned the SPSM<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Certification earn 7.7% more than purchasing professionals who have not.<\/p>\n<p>Even the certification with the lowest salary differential \u2013 the CPIM with a 5.6% premium \u2013 was still very healthy. With such a direct financial benefit of certification and the low cost to actually become certified, it leaves me wondering why every single purchasing professional in the world doesn\u2019t pursue a certification.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommended Reading<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/gah-isms-data-says-recession-wasnt-so-bad-tell-that-to-the-unemployed\/\" aria-label=\"\u201cGah! ISM's Data Says Recession Wasn't So Bad (Tell That To The Unemployed)\u201d (Edit)\">Gah! 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