Marketing Manager vs Product Marketing

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

Side A

Side B

Product Marketing pays about 14% more at the median.

Side-by-side distribution

Marketing Manager Product Marketing
$145k
$164.9k
$74.2k box = 25th–75th · whiskers = 10th–90th $230.8k

Marketing Manager

$145,000

median · per year, annualized USD

Median over time ▲ +3.6%
$140,000 $145,000
$114.3k 25th
$145k Median
$175k 75th
$85k
$212.3k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $5k – $5,000k · outliers off-axis
Disclosing
42.6%
Live roles
3,606

Product Marketing

$164,900

median · per year, annualized USD

Median over time ▲ +3.1%
$160,000 $164,900
$140k 25th
$164.9k Median
$190k 75th
$119.9k
$220k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $10k – $415k · outliers off-axis
Disclosing
53.5%
Live roles
770

Top companies hiring

Company Median Roles
Launch Potato $135,000 18
Airwallex $174,000 17
Brex $151,533 15
OpenAI $252,250 14
Socure $192,500 14
DoorDash USA $176,400 14
Verkada $158,750 14
Asana $175,000 12

Top companies hiring

Company Median Roles
Asana $193,500 6
BitGo $140,000 6
Zscaler $199,750 5
Oscar Health $122,352 5
OpenAI $266,250 4
Glean $219,500 4
Everpure $205,000 4
Socure $192,500 4

Marketing Manager salary by location

Location Median Roles
San Francisco $175,000 329
New York $153,075 378
Seattle $151,533 55
Boston $146,250 57
Austin $140,000 51
Chicago $140,000 61
Denver $139,650 29
Los Angeles $135,000 60
Atlanta $135,000 31
Singapore $128,659 4

Product Marketing salary by location

Location Median Roles
San Francisco $176,400 115
Austin $176,400 7
Chicago $176,400 9
Denver $173,568 7
New York $170,000 121
Seattle $163,750 16
Boston $155,000 14
Los Angeles $142,325 8
Atlanta $139,650 3
Toronto $127,500 11

Marketing Manager vs Product Marketing: which pays more?

The median for Marketing Manager is $145,000 per year (typically $114,300–$175,000), versus $164,900 for Product Marketing ($140,000–$190,000). That puts Product Marketing about 14% ahead at the median.

Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Marketing Manager and Product Marketing 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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