Product Manager vs Scrum Master

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

Side A

Side B

Product Manager pays about 31% more at the median.

Side-by-side distribution

Product Manager Scrum Master
$170.5k
$130k
$77.1k box = 25th–75th · whiskers = 10th–90th $253.1k

Product Manager

$170,500

median · per year, annualized USD

Median over time ▲ +5.8%
$161,225 $170,500
$135.9k 25th
$170.5k Median
$206.3k 75th
$108.3k
$241k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $5.5k – $900k · outliers off-axis
Disclosing
39.3%
Live roles
11,649

Scrum Master

$130,000

median · per year, annualized USD

Median over time ▼ -8.3%
$141,702 $130,000
$103.3k 25th
$130k Median
$152.9k 75th
$89.2k
$175k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $15.9k – $290k · outliers off-axis
Disclosing
29.7%
Live roles
239

Top companies hiring

Company Median Roles
Anduril Industries $170,000 41
Abbott $170,000 41
HP $138,213 32
Harvey $205,125 30
DI Disney $182,200 29
Databricks $185,925 28
Bank of America $176,050 28
Anthropic $345,000 27

Top companies hiring

Company Median Roles
CACI $160,950 11
Leidos $129,575 9
Northrop Grumman $93,364 5
Accenture Federal Services $152,450 4
Booz Allen Hamilton $121,950 4
GDIT $170,000 3
PA Parsons $154,300 2
NT Concepts $135,585 2

Product Manager salary by location

Location Median Roles
San Francisco $210,000 780
Seattle $198,438 194
New York $190,000 966
Denver $179,000 94
Los Angeles $178,750 100
Austin $172,500 128
Boston $170,000 200
Chicago $162,000 201
Atlanta $161,231 88
London $154,352 76

Scrum Master salary by location

Location Median Roles
New York $115,000 3

Product Manager vs Scrum Master: which pays more?

The median for Product Manager is $170,500 per year (typically $135,859–$206,300), versus $130,000 for Scrum Master ($103,281–$152,888). That puts Product Manager about 31% ahead at the median.

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