Business Analyst vs Technical Product Manager

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

Side A

Side B

Technical Product Manager pays about 69% more at the median.

Side-by-side distribution

Business Analyst Technical Product Manager
$112.4k
$190k
$55.6k box = 25th–75th · whiskers = 10th–90th $264k

Business Analyst

$112,375

median · per year, annualized USD

Median over time ▼ -9.5%
$124,225 $112,375
$90k 25th
$112.4k Median
$134k 75th
$70k
$161.1k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $5.3k – $310k · outliers off-axis
Disclosing
23.6%
Live roles
1,103

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
$249.6k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $5.3k – $2,000k · outliers off-axis
Disclosing
53.3%
Live roles
1,011

Top companies hiring

Company Median Roles
Accenture Federal Services $126,650 17
Whoop $140,000 6
AppLovin $76,617 5
Anthropic $253,750 4
LIGHTFEATHER IO LLC $120,000 4
Esri $111,280 4
DMC Engineering - Campus Recruiting $96,500 4
Precision Medicine Group $82,500 4

Top companies hiring

Company Median Roles
Anduril Industries $193,000 66
Anthropic $345,000 14
OpenAI $271,000 11
SA Scale AI $209,150 10
Scout Motors $155,000 9
Pinterest $222,907 8
AX Axon $170,625 8
Aurora Innovation $236,000 7

Business Analyst salary by location

Location Median Roles
Seattle $188,750 6
San Francisco $134,500 16
Boston $125,000 10
New York $122,500 25
Toronto $119,530 9
Denver $113,130 8
Chicago $96,500 5
Berlin $76,507 4
London $54,458 4

Technical Product Manager salary by location

Location Median Roles
San Francisco $213,775 118
Austin $200,000 14
New York $195,000 81
Seattle $190,000 37
Boston $167,625 25
Los Angeles $165,000 11
Denver $163,284 10
Chicago $156,750 4
London $135,200 4
Toronto $126,107 10

Business Analyst vs Technical Product Manager: which pays more?

The median for Business Analyst is $112,375 per year (typically $90,000–$134,000), versus $190,000 for Technical Product Manager ($155,000–$220,000). That puts Technical Product Manager about 69% ahead at the median.

Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Business Analyst 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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