Side-by-side distribution
Project Manager
$122,500
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 30.4%
- Live roles
- 3,387
Technical Product Manager
$190,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 53.6%
- Live roles
- 1,029
Highest-paying jobs
Senior Project Manager (Creative Services)
Senior Transportation Engineer / Project Manager
Seller/Doer Project Manager
Project Manager - Store Growth & Acquisitions
Senior Director, Project Team Leader / Executive Committee Business Manager
Senior Construction Project Manager
Senior Technical Project Manager
Engineering Operations Project Manager
SAP Project Systems Sr. Manager SCON
Senior Project Manager - Civil Transportation
Highest-paying jobs
Technical Program Manager
Technical Program Manager
Technical Program Manager, Product Software
Staff Technical Program Manager, Physical Design
Director, RISC-V Software TPM & Ops
Principal Technical Program Manager
Technical Program Manager, Architecture
Technical Program Manager, Hardware Chips Development
Technical Program Manager, Strategic Initiatives
Technical Program Manager, Applied API & Product
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Atwell, LLC
|
$117,500 | 36 |
| MC Michels Corporation | $125,000 | 35 |
House Buyers of America
|
$105,000 | 31 |
Consigli Construction
|
$128,750 | 28 |
Pulley
|
$130,000 | 22 |
| JC JRM Construction Management, LLC | $145,000 | 21 |
EC Electric
|
$130,000 | 21 |
Woolpert
|
$133,000 | 20 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Anduril Industries
|
$193,000 | 62 |
Anthropic
|
$345,000 | 14 |
|
OpenAI
|
$271,000 | 14 |
Aurora Innovation
|
$221,500 | 14 |
|
Fluidstack
|
$213,000 | 12 |
CoreWeave
|
$207,000 | 9 |
Scout Motors
|
$155,000 | 9 |
| SA Scale AI | $209,150 | 8 |
Project Manager salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Austin | $203,000 | 21 |
| San Francisco | $165,000 | 58 |
| Seattle | $144,000 | 21 |
| Boston | $130,000 | 33 |
| Los Angeles | $128,750 | 38 |
| Atlanta | $126,000 | 9 |
| Denver | $123,750 | 22 |
| Chicago | $120,000 | 47 |
| New York | $112,542 | 156 |
| Toronto | $95,000 | 20 |
Technical Product Manager salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $216,000 | 128 |
| Austin | $213,000 | 17 |
| New York | $203,000 | 85 |
| Seattle | $203,000 | 52 |
| London | $179,671 | 4 |
| Denver | $173,568 | 10 |
| Boston | $172,500 | 29 |
| Los Angeles | $164,500 | 10 |
| Chicago | $147,500 | 3 |
| Toronto | $130,000 | 13 |
Project Manager vs Technical Product Manager: which pays more?
The median for Project Manager is $122,500 per year (typically $98,713–$146,381), versus $190,000 for Technical Product Manager ($155,000–$220,000). That puts Technical Product Manager about 55% 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.