Engineering Manager 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

Engineering Manager Technical Product Manager
$190k
$190k
$79.2k box = 25th–75th · whiskers = 10th–90th $300.2k

Engineering Manager

$190,000

median · per year, annualized USD

Median over time ▲ +11.8%
$170,000 $190,000
$142.4k 25th
$190k Median
$238.5k 75th
$94.5k
$285k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $5.3k – $5,000k · outliers off-axis
Disclosing
42.2%
Live roles
4,377

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
$129k
$255.4k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $5.3k – $2,000k · outliers off-axis
Disclosing
53.6%
Live roles
1,029

Top companies hiring

Company Median Roles
Anduril Industries $193,000 37
Databricks $228,138 36
Brex $254,250 29
Atwell, LLC $117,500 24
OpenAI $339,000 22
Anthropic $445,000 21
Harvey $350,000 19
DoorDash USA $239,400 19

Top companies hiring

Company Median Roles
Anduril Industries $193,000 62
Anthropic $345,000 14
Aurora Innovation $221,500 14
OpenAI $271,000 12
Fluidstack $213,000 12
CoreWeave $207,000 9
Scout Motors $155,000 9
SA Scale AI $209,150 8

Engineering Manager salary by location

Location Median Roles
San Francisco $250,000 336
Seattle $226,263 100
New York $216,000 357
Austin $197,000 43
Sydney $195,000 5
Atlanta $194,500 15
Boston $191,013 73
London $187,539 66
Denver $175,000 35
Toronto $170,340 58

Technical Product Manager salary by location

Location Median Roles
San Francisco $214,450 127
London $209,051 5
Austin $208,000 16
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

Engineering Manager vs Technical Product Manager: which pays more?

The median for Engineering Manager is $190,000 per year (typically $142,350–$238,511), 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 Engineering Manager 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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