Side-by-side distribution
Product Owner
$143,700
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 20.2%
- Live roles
- 1,246
Program Manager
$154,110
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 51.2%
- Live roles
- 4,653
Highest-paying jobs
Product Engineer - New Product, First Owner
AI Transformation Owner, Product & Design
Director, CRM Product Owner
Product Owner Expert - Kubernetes, CaaS Platform
Director, IT Data and AI Product Owner – Clinical Development
Director, Data and AI Product Owner, Research
Director, IT Data & AI Product Owner – PDM & Tech Ops
Lead Technical Product Owner - Member Data Products
Lead Technical Product Owner - Bank Fraud/Operations
Senior Product Owner
Highest-paying jobs
GMP Custom Program Manager
Program Capture Sales Account & Business Development Manager
Program Capture Business Development Manager
IP Customer Program Manager
Technical Program Manager, Product Software
Technical Program Manager, Architecture
Engineering Program Manager, RISCV
Technical Program Manager
Technical Program Manager, Platform & Runtime Engineering
Senior Program Manager
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
PNC
|
$146,900 | 9 |
| MS Morgan Stanley | $112,500 | 9 |
Leidos
|
$151,475 | 8 |
| MT M&T Bank | $197,700 | 7 |
| US USAA | $150,590 | 7 |
| TB TD Bank | $113,620 | 7 |
Bank of America
|
$144,550 | 6 |
Johnson & Johnson
|
$166,513 | 5 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Anduril Industries
|
$180,500 | 103 |
Northrop Grumman
|
$190,250 | 64 |
OpenAI
|
$264,250 | 42 |
Applied Materials
|
$137,750 | 39 |
Anthropic
|
$327,500 | 33 |
|
Leidos
|
$163,338 | 32 |
|
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
|
$181,500 | 29 |
Blue Origin
|
$174,226 | 21 |
Program Manager salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $216,750 | 239 |
| Seattle | $181,550 | 106 |
| New York | $173,500 | 232 |
| Los Angeles | $170,313 | 62 |
| Atlanta | $151,000 | 29 |
| Boston | $149,375 | 72 |
| Austin | $149,000 | 65 |
| Denver | $142,850 | 49 |
| Chicago | $141,250 | 80 |
| Berlin | $129,160 | 5 |
Product Owner vs Program Manager: which pays more?
The median for Product Owner is $143,700 per year (typically $112,500–$170,763), versus $154,110 for Program Manager ($116,000–$189,650). That puts Program Manager about 7% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Product Owner 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.