Side-by-side distribution
Scrum Master
$130,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 29.7%
- Live roles
- 239
Technical Product Manager
$177,500
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 48.2%
- Live roles
- 1,811
Highest-paying jobs
Scrum Master
Scrum Master / BA
Agile Scrum Master - Custom Product
Senior Manager, Scrum Master
Scrum Master / KM Deputy Lead
Scrum Master
Systems Engineer/Scrum Master - TS/SCI with Polygraph
Scrum Master (Senior)
Scrum Master
Lead Scrum Master
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
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 |
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 |
Scrum Master salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| New York | $115,000 | 3 |
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 |
Scrum Master vs Technical Product Manager: which pays more?
The median for Scrum Master is $130,000 per year (typically $103,281–$152,888), versus $177,500 for Technical Product Manager ($148,625–$211,599). That puts Technical Product Manager about 37% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Scrum Master 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.