Side-by-side distribution
Product Manager
$180,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 46.4%
- Live roles
- 6,124
Program Manager
$170,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 55%
- Live roles
- 1,910
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
Principal Product Manager, Payments
Highest-paying jobs
Senior Engineering Program Manager II - New Ventures
Technical Program Manager
Technical Program Manager
Staff Technical Program Manager, Physical Design
Sr. Staff Program Manager & Chief of Staff, Operations
Technical Program Manager, Product Software
Technical Program Manager, Architecture
Engineering Program Manager, RISCV
Corporate Program Manager
Technical Program Manager, Strategic Initiatives
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Datadog
|
$216,000 | 31 |
Fundraise Up
|
$6,681 | 30 |
Anduril Industries
|
$193,000 | 29 |
Databricks
|
$185,925 | 28 |
|
OpenAI
|
$309,000 | 24 |
| AX Axon | $186,650 | 22 |
Airwallex
|
$220,000 | 21 |
Brex
|
$270,000 | 20 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
Anduril Industries
|
$181,000 | 107 |
|
OpenAI
|
$255,500 | 31 |
Aurora Innovation
|
$221,500 | 22 |
|
Anthropic
|
$327,500 | 20 |
| AX Axon | $170,625 | 20 |
Fluidstack
|
$213,000 | 13 |
Everpure
|
$212,500 | 11 |
| SA Scale AI | $210,600 | 11 |
Product Manager salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $210,000 | 656 |
| Seattle | $192,500 | 139 |
| New York | $190,000 | 677 |
| Boston | $182,500 | 111 |
| Austin | $180,000 | 41 |
| Chicago | $180,000 | 59 |
| Los Angeles | $176,400 | 49 |
| Denver | $168,000 | 42 |
| Atlanta | $164,150 | 19 |
| London | $144,452 | 68 |
Program Manager salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| London | $209,051 | 3 |
| San Francisco | $207,000 | 199 |
| Austin | $203,000 | 23 |
| Seattle | $193,000 | 72 |
| New York | $190,000 | 137 |
| Boston | $167,625 | 51 |
| Los Angeles | $162,500 | 20 |
| Denver | $151,776 | 20 |
| Atlanta | $146,500 | 5 |
| Chicago | $134,750 | 14 |
Product Manager vs Program Manager: which pays more?
The median for Product Manager is $180,000 per year (typically $146,450–$215,000), versus $170,000 for Program Manager ($133,263–$201,000). That puts Product Manager about 6% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Product Manager and Program 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.