Side-by-side distribution
Project Manager
$126,550
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 32.8%
- Live roles
- 9,912
Technical Product Manager
$177,500
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 48.2%
- Live roles
- 1,811
Highest-paying jobs
Remediation Project Manager
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Senior Project Manager - Federal Programs
Sr. Project Manager for Roadway Engineering
Finance Transformation Project Manager
Project Manager, Global Brand Experience (Fixed-Term)
Senior Project Manager (Calypso)
Highest-paying jobs
TPM Manager, Infrastructure
Technical Program Manager
Technical Program Manager, Platform & Runtime Engineering
Technical Program Manager, Architecture
Technical Program Manager, Product Software
Technical Program Manager, AI Safety & Safeguards
Technical Program Manager, Storage & Data Infrastructure
Technical Program Manager, Model Deployment & Capacity
Technical Program Manager, Multimodal
Technical Program Manager, Applied API & Product
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
STV
|
$150,869 | 92 |
| PA Parsons | $175,150 | 88 |
Cumming Group
|
$152,767 | 75 |
Cushman & Wakefield
|
$120,250 | 70 |
| JC Johnson Controls | $107,500 | 61 |
AtkinsRéalis
|
$145,000 | 57 |
Applied Materials
|
$128,250 | 54 |
HITT Contracting
|
$114,400 | 47 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Anduril Industries
|
$193,000 | 64 |
|
Applied Materials
|
$137,750 | 26 |
|
Anthropic
|
$362,500 | 24 |
Blue Origin
|
$174,226 | 22 |
|
OpenAI
|
$296,000 | 21 |
Applied Intuition
|
$168,500 | 12 |
Mastercard
|
$152,000 | 12 |
Databricks
|
$214,025 | 11 |
Project Manager salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $160,000 | 108 |
| Los Angeles | $150,000 | 105 |
| Seattle | $142,050 | 56 |
| Atlanta | $138,413 | 48 |
| Denver | $138,300 | 73 |
| New York | $133,000 | 266 |
| Boston | $128,479 | 72 |
| Austin | $128,250 | 80 |
| Chicago | $128,113 | 143 |
| Toronto | $104,878 | 58 |
Technical Product Manager salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $228,000 | 143 |
| New York | $199,125 | 118 |
| Seattle | $191,396 | 74 |
| Los Angeles | $180,000 | 18 |
| Austin | $168,125 | 42 |
| Atlanta | $167,813 | 8 |
| Boston | $164,500 | 39 |
| Denver | $162,500 | 13 |
| Chicago | $159,600 | 28 |
| London | $137,047 | 6 |
Project Manager vs Technical Product Manager: which pays more?
The median for Project Manager is $126,550 per year (typically $102,500–$151,406), versus $177,500 for Technical Product Manager ($148,625–$211,599). That puts Technical Product Manager about 40% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Project Manager and Technical Product 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.