$800 or $1,000? PgMP Exam Calculator for Members, Retakes, Training
Compare a US-dollar PgMP budget with your own membership dues, optional tuition and retake contingency.
Member-path savings
$236
Member path costs lessThe member exam and retake fees outweigh the membership dues you entered.
- Member-path total
- $1,564
- Nonmember-path total
- $1,800
Assumptions
- All amounts are in US dollars.
- The prefilled US$164 membership amount is the current US PMI shop price and can be replaced.
- A retake is a paid reexamination after the initial attempt, limited here to two because PMI permits up to three total attempts within one year.
- Optional training tuition is charged once and added equally to both membership paths.
- The model excludes taxes, currency conversion, promotions and any costs not entered by the user.
By Sanjeev Kumar, Founder · Updated 8 Sept 2026
In brief
PMI's current PgMP member and full exam fees differ by US$200, and each possible retake increases that difference by another US$200. Enter your membership dues, optional tuition and up to two retakes to see the lower-cost path, as of September 2026. This is a US-dollar budget model, not a regional price or tax quote.
Worked example at the defaults
With PMI membership dues at $164, Planned paid retakes at One retake, Optional training tuition at $0:
- Member-path total
- $1,564
- Nonmember-path total
- $1,800
- Member-path savings
- $236
PMI lists PgMP initial exam fees of US$800 for members and US$1,000 at full price on its PgMP certification page. PMI's PgMP certification handbook lists reexamination fees of US$600 for members and US$800 for nonmembers.
Member-path total = membership dues + US$800 + (US$600 × retakes) + optional tuition. Nonmember-path total = US$1,000 + (US$800 × retakes) + optional tuition. Member-path savings = nonmember-path total − member-path total.