Marketing Manager vs Product Marketing

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

Side A

Side B

Product Marketing pays about 13% more at the median.

Side-by-side distribution

Marketing Manager Product Marketing
$145.5k
$164.6k
$74.5k box = 25th–75th · whiskers = 10th–90th $230.8k

Marketing Manager

$145,500

median · per year, annualized USD

Median over time ▲ +3.9%
$140,000 $145,500
$115k 25th
$145.5k Median
$175k 75th
$85.3k
$213.8k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $5k – $5,000k · outliers off-axis
Disclosing
43%
Live roles
3,641

Product Marketing

$164,600

median · per year, annualized USD

Median over time ▲ +2.9%
$160,000 $164,600
$140k 25th
$164.6k Median
$191.8k 75th
$119.3k
$220k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $10k – $415k · outliers off-axis
Disclosing
54.9%
Live roles
796

Top companies hiring

Company Median Roles
Launch Potato $135,000 18
Brex $151,533 16
Airwallex $174,000 15
DoorDash USA $176,400 14
Socure $192,500 12
Verkada $158,750 12
Lyft $144,000 10
Air Apps $59,364 10

Top companies hiring

Company Median Roles
Asana $193,500 6
BitGo $140,000 6
Zscaler $199,750 5
Socure $192,500 5
Brex $151,533 5
Oscar Health $122,352 5
OpenAI $233,000 4
Glean $219,500 4

Marketing Manager salary by location

Location Median Roles
Singapore $190,134 4
San Francisco $174,500 321
Dublin $162,015 4
New York $152,750 402
Seattle $151,533 55
Denver $150,000 33
Boston $148,125 56
Atlanta $146,075 28
Austin $144,000 53
Chicago $139,472 58

Product Marketing salary by location

Location Median Roles
San Francisco $179,500 129
Chicago $175,450 12
Denver $173,568 7
New York $170,000 136
Seattle $152,500 17
Austin $152,500 11
Boston $150,833 14
Los Angeles $146,250 8
Toronto $140,000 13
Atlanta $139,650 3

Marketing Manager vs Product Marketing: which pays more?

The median for Marketing Manager is $145,500 per year (typically $115,000–$175,000), versus $164,600 for Product Marketing ($140,000–$191,813). That puts Product Marketing about 13% ahead at the median.

Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Marketing Manager and Product Marketing 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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