Security Engineer vs Technical Product Manager

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

Side A

Side B

Both sides have the same median salary.

Side-by-side distribution

Security Engineer Technical Product Manager
$190k
$190k
$101.3k box = 25th–75th · whiskers = 10th–90th $280.4k

Security Engineer

$190,000

median · per year, annualized USD

Median over time ▲ +5.6%
$180,000 $190,000
$153.6k 25th
$190k Median
$235k 75th
$113.6k
$268k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $5k – $1,718.2k · outliers off-axis
Disclosing
47.4%
Live roles
1,974

Technical Product Manager

$190,000

median · per year, annualized USD

Median over time ▲ +8.6%
$175,000 $190,000
$155k 25th
$190k Median
$220k 75th
$130k
$254.3k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $6k – $2,000k · outliers off-axis
Disclosing
53.9%
Live roles
1,026

Top companies hiring

Company Median Roles
Aurora Innovation $222,000 22
Anduril Industries $202,000 20
Accenture Federal Services $151,800 19
SpaceX $142,500 16
Mozilla $86,043 16
Palantir $170,000 14
OpenAI $339,000 13
Anthropic $362,500 12

Top companies hiring

Company Median Roles
Anduril Industries $193,000 60
Anthropic $345,000 14
Aurora Innovation $221,500 14
OpenAI $271,000 12
Fluidstack $213,000 12
SA Scale AI $217,350 10
Scout Motors $155,000 10
CoreWeave $207,000 9

Security Engineer salary by location

Location Median Roles
San Francisco $231,500 209
Seattle $216,000 80
New York $212,500 168
Sydney $205,000 5
Austin $188,000 22
Boston $185,500 30
Toronto $185,000 25
Denver $177,000 19
Atlanta $174,500 11
London $162,929 19

Technical Product Manager salary by location

Location Median Roles
San Francisco $215,000 127
Austin $213,000 15
London $209,051 5
New York $203,000 86
Seattle $203,000 51
Denver $173,568 10
Boston $172,500 27
Los Angeles $164,500 10
Chicago $147,500 3
Toronto $130,000 13

Security Engineer vs Technical Product Manager: which pays more?

The median for Security Engineer is $190,000 per year (typically $153,550–$235,000), versus $190,000 for Technical Product Manager ($155,000–$220,000).

Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Security Engineer 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.

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