Performance Marketing 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 40% more at the median.

Side-by-side distribution

Performance Marketing Product Marketing
$118.2k
$164.9k
$31.2k box = 25th–75th · whiskers = 10th–90th $272.8k

Performance Marketing

$118,191

median · per year, annualized USD

Median over time ▼ -15.6%
$140,000 $118,191
$77.5k 25th
$118.2k Median
$160k 75th
$47.8k
$256.1k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $11.4k – $5,000k · outliers off-axis
Disclosing
50%
Live roles
218

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
EverAI $47,846 25
Airwallex $142,500 6
Jobscan $1,200,000 5
Harvey $170,000 4
GoCardless $270,400 2
Later $135,000 2
Samsara $126,604 2
NerdWallet $124,250 2

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

Performance Marketing salary by location

Location Median Roles
London $270,400 4
San Francisco $152,956 14
New York $150,000 15
Boston $127,500 4
Toronto $84,311 3

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 $170,000 120
Seattle $163,750 16
Boston $155,000 14
Los Angeles $142,325 8
Atlanta $139,650 3
Toronto $127,500 11

Performance Marketing vs Product Marketing: which pays more?

The median for Performance Marketing is $118,191 per year (typically $77,500–$160,000), versus $164,900 for Product Marketing ($140,000–$190,000). That puts Product Marketing about 40% ahead at the median.

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