Side-by-side distribution
Product Manager
$180,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 46.3%
- Live roles
- 6,117
Product Owner
$118,800
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 15%
- Live roles
- 321
Highest-paying jobs
Product Manager, Cards
Senior Product Manager
Senior Product Operations Manager
Product Manager, Legal Information Services
Senior Product Manager, Customer Engagement & Digital Foundations
Product Manager, Developer Productivity
Engineering Manager, Product Engineering
Product Manager - Core Platform & Data
Principal Product Manager, Payments
Senior Product Manager, Payments
Highest-paying jobs
Product Engineer - New Product, First Owner
Sr. Staff Product Owner, Accounting Systems
Staff Product Owner, Collaboration & Productivity
Staff Product Owner, Finance & Business Operations
Senior Product Owner, Agentic Workflows
Senior Product Owner - Sales Application
GTM Technology Product Owner
GTM Technology Product Owner
GTM Technology Product Owner
GTM Technology Product Owner
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Anduril Industries
|
$193,000 | 31 |
Fundraise Up
|
$6,681 | 30 |
Datadog
|
$216,000 | 28 |
Databricks
|
$185,925 | 28 |
OpenAI
|
$309,000 | 24 |
| AX Axon | $186,650 | 22 |
Brex
|
$270,000 | 20 |
Airwallex
|
$216,250 | 20 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
Harvey
|
$202,000 | 5 |
|
Pinterest
|
$242,818 | 3 |
Black Duck Software, Inc.
|
$136,603 | 2 |
TEGNA Inc.
|
$125,000 | 2 |
Asana
|
$92,424 | 2 |
Hawk-Eye Innovations (HEI)
|
$38,702 | 2 |
|
Fuku
|
$275,000 | 1 |
|
Kizen
|
$244,000 | 1 |
Product Manager salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $210,000 | 657 |
| Seattle | $192,500 | 143 |
| New York | $190,000 | 679 |
| Austin | $180,000 | 41 |
| Boston | $179,500 | 111 |
| Los Angeles | $175,700 | 48 |
| Chicago | $175,450 | 62 |
| Denver | $168,000 | 42 |
| Atlanta | $159,575 | 20 |
| London | $144,452 | 68 |
Product Owner salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $242,818 | 5 |
| Denver | $161,200 | 3 |
| Chicago | $159,800 | 4 |
| New York | $150,000 | 6 |
| Toronto | $120,000 | 7 |
Product Manager vs Product Owner: which pays more?
The median for Product Manager is $180,000 per year (typically $146,128–$215,000), versus $118,800 for Product Owner ($92,064–$165,500). That puts Product Manager about 52% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Product Manager and Product Owner 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.