Side-by-side distribution
Business Analyst
$104,850
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 25.1%
- Live roles
- 3,859
Product Manager
$170,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 40.7%
- Live roles
- 11,439
Highest-paying jobs
Business Systems Analyst, New Product Introduction
Business Analyst / Researcher / Operations Specialist
Senior Business Systems Analyst, Finance Systems (Assets & Lease Management)
Business Systems Analyst
Senior Business Systems Analyst, Finance Systems
Workday Business Systems Analyst, People Systems
Staff Business Analyst, PlayStation Store
Senior Business Intelligence & Reporting Analyst, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Jersey City, NJ:
Business Systems Analyst
Private Wealth Senior Business Analyst
Highest-paying jobs
Senior Product Manager
Product Manager (Onboarding)
Associate Product Manager
Product Manager, Legal Information Services
Senior Product Manager, Internal Agentic Processes
Senior Technical Product Manager - Decisioning & Customer Identity
Senior Product Manager, Customer Engagement & Digital Foundations
Principal Product Manager, Graph & Reporting
TPM Manager, Infrastructure
Manager, Group Product Manager - Platform
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
State Street
|
$110,000 | 24 |
Booz Allen Hamilton
|
$101,500 | 17 |
Accenture Federal Services
|
$130,725 | 16 |
CACI
|
$116,650 | 12 |
McKesson
|
$118,500 | 11 |
Northrop Grumman
|
$90,500 | 11 |
U.S. Bank
|
$103,924 | 10 |
SpaceX
|
$100,000 | 9 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Adobe
|
$220,725 | 54 |
Fundraise Up
|
$6,804 | 42 |
Elastic
|
$124,571 | 38 |
Anduril Industries
|
$179,500 | 33 |
Abbott
|
$170,500 | 30 |
HP
|
$138,213 | 30 |
CVS Health
|
$137,272 | 29 |
Databricks
|
$185,925 | 28 |
Business Analyst salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $152,850 | 27 |
| Singapore | $133,425 | 3 |
| Boston | $121,289 | 40 |
| London | $119,054 | 6 |
| New York | $118,058 | 91 |
| Seattle | $114,457 | 14 |
| Austin | $109,500 | 15 |
| Los Angeles | $108,533 | 16 |
| Atlanta | $105,000 | 29 |
| Chicago | $102,500 | 39 |
Product Manager salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Sydney | $621,920 | 4 |
| Singapore | $230,000 | 5 |
| San Francisco | $211,500 | 767 |
| Dublin | $210,900 | 7 |
| Seattle | $195,000 | 228 |
| New York | $190,750 | 934 |
| Los Angeles | $185,000 | 93 |
| Austin | $170,500 | 117 |
| Boston | $170,413 | 186 |
| Denver | $170,300 | 93 |
Business Analyst vs Product Manager: which pays more?
The median for Business Analyst is $104,850 per year (typically $85,000–$127,775), versus $170,000 for Product Manager ($135,000–$204,500). That puts Product Manager about 62% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Business Analyst and Product Manager are compared on equal terms regardless of the currency each role was originally posted in. Only roles that publish a salary range feed the medians; numbers refresh every few hours as new roles post and older ones close, so this comparison reflects the market right now rather than a fixed survey. Use it as a directional benchmark when weighing one path against the other.