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
$105k
$176.5k
$53.4k box = 25th–75th · whiskers = 10th–90th $260.3k

Business Analyst

$105,000

median · per year, annualized USD

Median over time ▼ -15.5%
$124,225 $105,000
$85k 25th
$105k Median
$128.8k 75th
$67.6k
$152.3k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $6.7k – $315k · outliers off-axis
Disclosing
25.7%
Live roles
3,801

Technical Product Manager

$176,500

median · per year, annualized USD

Median over time ▲ +0.9%
$175,000 $176,500
$147.5k 25th
$176.5k Median
$210k 75th
$121.3k
$246k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $6k – $621.9k · outliers off-axis
Disclosing
46.8%
Live roles
1,815

Top companies hiring

Company Median Roles
State Street $110,000 24
Booz Allen Hamilton $101,500 18
TB TD Bank $71,222 17
Accenture Federal Services $130,725 16
CACI $116,650 12
McKesson $122,175 10
Northrop Grumman $90,300 10
U.S. Bank $101,010 9

Top companies hiring

Company Median Roles
Anduril Industries $193,000 43
Applied Materials $137,750 26
OpenAI $296,000 23
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 $148,925 28
Singapore $133,425 3
Boston $121,289 40
London $119,054 6
New York $117,500 89
Seattle $114,914 13
Austin $109,500 15
Los Angeles $108,533 16
Chicago $106,000 38
Atlanta $105,000 29

Technical Product Manager salary by location

Location Median Roles
London $244,450 6
San Francisco $222,704 148
Seattle $195,000 77
New York $187,000 115
Los Angeles $177,500 17
Atlanta $172,000 13
Austin $170,500 29
Boston $169,125 30
Denver $160,199 13
Chicago $160,000 28

Business Analyst vs Technical Product Manager: which pays more?

The median for Business Analyst is $105,000 per year (typically $85,000–$128,789), versus $176,500 for Technical Product Manager ($147,500–$210,000). 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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