Side-by-side distribution
Product Manager
$180,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 43.2%
- Live roles
- 6,839
Project Manager
$125,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 28.6%
- Live roles
- 3,433
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
Project Manager, ERP Implementation - Contractor
Senior Director, Project Team Leader / Executive Committee Business Manager
Implementation Project Manager
Implementation Project Manager
SAP Project Systems Sr. Manager SCON
Senior Registered Engineer / Project Manager, Electrical
Senior Project Manager (Public)
Senior Data Center Construction Project Manager
Salesforce Project Manager
Software Technical Project Manager - Secret Clearance
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 |
|---|---|---|
House Buyers of America
|
$105,000 | 31 |
Atwell, LLC
|
$117,500 | 29 |
Consigli Construction
|
$133,000 | 25 |
| MC Michels Corporation | $129,000 | 24 |
EC Electric
|
$147,500 | 21 |
BKF
|
$162,500 | 19 |
Apex Companies
|
$130,000 | 19 |
LaBella Associates
|
$102,500 | 19 |
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 |
Project Manager salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Seattle | $170,750 | 12 |
| San Francisco | $162,500 | 57 |
| Austin | $145,000 | 15 |
| Denver | $137,000 | 21 |
| Los Angeles | $130,000 | 39 |
| Boston | $122,830 | 24 |
| Chicago | $121,065 | 42 |
| New York | $118,938 | 150 |
| Atlanta | $118,750 | 8 |
| London | $102,420 | 11 |
Product Manager vs Project Manager: which pays more?
The median for Product Manager is $180,000 per year (typically $145,000–$215,050), versus $125,000 for Project Manager ($101,035–$150,000). That puts Product Manager about 44% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Product Manager and Project 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.