Business Analyst vs Technical Product Manager

Put two roles head to head — any role, in any location or worldwide-remote.

Side A

Side B

Technical Product Manager pays about 68% more at the median.

Side-by-side distribution

Business Analyst Technical Product Manager
$104.5k
$175.5k
$53.8k box = 25th–75th · whiskers = 10th–90th $258.6k

Business Analyst

$104,501

median · per year, annualized USD

Median over time ▼ -15.9%
$124,225 $104,501
$85k 25th
$104.5k Median
$127.8k 75th
$67.9k
$152.8k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $6.7k – $315k · outliers off-axis
Disclosing
25.1%
Live roles
3,863

Technical Product Manager

$175,500

median · per year, annualized USD

Median over time ▲ +0.3%
$175,000 $175,500
$146.8k 25th
$175.5k Median
$209.6k 75th
$122.1k
$244.5k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $6k – $621.9k · outliers off-axis
Disclosing
46.7%
Live roles
1,821

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
Anduril Industries $193,000 40
Applied Materials $137,750 26
OpenAI $275,750 22
Blue Origin $197,979 22
Anthropic $400,000 21
AX Axon $170,625 13
SE Sezzle $78,000 12
SA Scale AI $203,400 11

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 $117,779 92
Seattle $114,457 14
Austin $109,500 15
Los Angeles $108,533 16
Atlanta $105,000 29
Chicago $102,500 39

Technical Product Manager salary by location

Location Median Roles
London $244,450 7
San Francisco $222,500 146
Seattle $195,000 77
New York $188,250 116
Los Angeles $180,000 19
Austin $170,825 30
Atlanta $170,625 15
Boston $169,125 30
Denver $161,350 12
Chicago $160,000 27

Business Analyst vs Technical Product Manager: which pays more?

The median for Business Analyst is $104,501 per year (typically $85,000–$127,840), versus $175,500 for Technical Product Manager ($146,844–$209,600). That puts Technical Product Manager about 68% ahead at the median.

Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Business Analyst and Technical 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.

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