Data Scientist vs Technical Product Manager

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

Side A

Side B

Both sides have the same median salary.

Side-by-side distribution

Data Scientist Technical Product Manager
$190k
$190k
$99.8k box = 25th–75th · whiskers = 10th–90th $285k

Data Scientist

$190,000

median · per year, annualized USD

Median over time ▼ -0.8%
$191,625 $190,000
$149.8k 25th
$190k Median
$230k 75th
$112.6k
$272.3k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $5.7k – $999k · outliers off-axis
Disclosing
42.8%
Live roles
1,661

Technical Product Manager

$190,000

median · per year, annualized USD

Median over time ▲ +8.6%
$175,000 $190,000
$155k 25th
$190k Median
$220k 75th
$130k
$254.3k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $6k – $2,000k · outliers off-axis
Disclosing
53.9%
Live roles
1,026

Top companies hiring

Company Median Roles
Launch Potato $187,500 24
GR GRVTY $170,000 17
Lyft $153,200 15
Pinterest $213,757 13
Roblox $293,245 11
Reddit $260,450 10
Accenture Federal Services $157,675 10
OpenAI $309,000 9

Top companies hiring

Company Median Roles
Anduril Industries $193,000 60
Anthropic $345,000 14
Aurora Innovation $221,500 14
OpenAI $271,000 12
Fluidstack $213,000 12
SA Scale AI $217,350 10
Scout Motors $155,000 10
CoreWeave $207,000 9

Data Scientist salary by location

Location Median Roles
San Francisco $212,500 161
Seattle $191,500 46
New York $190,000 139
Los Angeles $187,500 17
Austin $187,500 9
Denver $187,500 6
Boston $181,250 30
London $160,895 21
Chicago $153,300 21
Toronto $151,200 29

Technical Product Manager salary by location

Location Median Roles
San Francisco $215,000 127
Austin $213,000 15
London $209,051 5
New York $203,000 86
Seattle $203,000 51
Denver $173,568 10
Boston $172,500 27
Los Angeles $164,500 10
Chicago $147,500 3
Toronto $130,000 13

Data Scientist vs Technical Product Manager: which pays more?

The median for Data Scientist is $190,000 per year (typically $149,750–$230,000), versus $190,000 for Technical Product Manager ($155,000–$220,000).

Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Data Scientist 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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