Across the project-management assignment ads collected in Lyon, the median day rate stands at 499 € per day. That figure rests on 48 ads publishing a rate, out of 113 ads collected in this area.
Measured on 21 August 2026.
This area pays 21 € less per day than the national median (520 €). Over a year of 200 billed days, that gap is 4,200 €. It is not a question of skill: it is the local market.
The middle half of priced ads in this area falls between 450 € and 550 €. Below the first quartile a rate invites questions; above the third it needs a scope to justify it.
Of the 70 ads in this area that state their arrangement, 2 are fully remote, i.e. 1 %. The rest split between hybrid and on-site.
Areas marked with an asterisk rest on fewer than twenty-five priced ads: an order of magnitude, not a negotiation reference.
Medians by role are measured nationally: no single area has enough priced ads to be split by role without talking nonsense.
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Every morning, a collector gathers the project-management assignments published in France on freelance platforms, keeping only freelance listings. The displayed rate is the median of announced rates — not an average, which a single extreme figure would distort. Listings without a rate do not count in the median, but do count in the volumes. The measurement is redone at every publication: this page is never a memory.
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"Median project-management day rate in Lyon: €499, measured on 972 listings. Claire Van De Sype, pmo-laboratory.com, August 24, 2026."