Side-by-side distribution
Product Manager
$180,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 43.2%
- Live roles
- 6,839
Product Owner
$117,500
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 7.8%
- Live roles
- 463
Highest-paying jobs
Senior Product Manager
Associate Product Manager
Product Manager (Onboarding)
Product Manager, Legal Information Services
Senior Technical Product Manager - Decisioning & Customer Identity
Senior Product Manager, Customer Engagement & Digital Foundations
Senior Product Manager, Internal Agentic Processes
Principal Product Manager, Graph & Reporting
TPM Manager, Infrastructure
Global Sales and BD Lead, IP Product
Highest-paying jobs
Product Engineer - New Product, First Owner
AI Transformation Owner, Product & Design
Senior Product Owner - Sales Application
Product Owner/Scrum Master
Product Owner, GTM Sales Systems
Product Owner, Integrated Business Planning
Product Owner Service Centre & Telephony, Temporary
Product Owner (US Remote)
Product Owner
Senior Product Owner, Data Insights
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Elastic
|
$129,001 | 43 |
Fundraise Up
|
$6,804 | 42 |
Anduril Industries
|
$181,000 | 30 |
OpenAI
|
$309,000 | 29 |
Databricks
|
$185,925 | 28 |
Airwallex
|
$222,500 | 26 |
Harvey
|
$222,100 | 26 |
Fivetran
|
$234,669 | 24 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Horizon Trading Solutions
|
$92,336 | 2 |
Hawk-Eye Innovations (HEI)
|
$54,000 | 2 |
|
Fuku
|
$275,000 | 1 |
|
GitLab
|
$274,400 | 1 |
|
Everpure
|
$204,500 | 1 |
|
Scout Motors
|
$176,250 | 1 |
|
Klaviyo
|
$165,000 | 1 |
|
Aviso Wealth
|
$161,200 | 1 |
Product Manager salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Sydney | $621,920 | 4 |
| Singapore | $230,000 | 5 |
| San Francisco | $212,500 | 669 |
| New York | $198,875 | 665 |
| Seattle | $198,875 | 136 |
| Boston | $187,125 | 98 |
| Los Angeles | $178,950 | 56 |
| Chicago | $175,000 | 73 |
| Denver | $173,350 | 46 |
| Austin | $171,500 | 42 |
Product Owner salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $142,500 | 3 |
| Toronto | $135,000 | 3 |
| Denver | $128,750 | 4 |
| Chicago | $117,600 | 3 |
Product Manager vs Product Owner: which pays more?
The median for Product Manager is $180,000 per year (typically $145,000–$215,050), versus $117,500 for Product Owner ($93,028–$146,700). That puts Product Manager about 53% 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.