Product manager salary in the US
What product managers are paid in the US, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with how your own pay compares. Figures from the BLS OEWS release dated May 2025.
Median annual pay
$166,790
Middle half earn
$123,020 to $216,410
People in this job, US
395,240
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Marketing Managers, national, annual pay, May 2025
- 10th percentile
- $90,260
- 25th percentile
- $123,020
- Median
- $166,790
- 75th percentile
- $216,410
- 90th percentile
- $293,610
BLS publishes no product manager code; Marketing Managers is the closest published match and is imperfect for technical product roles.
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025, SOC 11-2021. Percentiles across everyone employed in the occupation, not experience levels.
At a glance
What product managers earn across the US
- The highest-paying large metros are San Jose, CA ($231,370), San Francisco, CA ($220,480), Boston, MA ($213,910).
- At the other end are Las Vegas, NV ($106,090), Pittsburgh, PA ($127,590), Grand Rapids, MI ($128,900): the top metro's median is 118% higher than the lowest.
- 13 of the 48 metros listed below pay a median above the national figure.
- About 395,240 people are employed in this occupation across the US.
- Pay varies widely within the job: the 90th percentile earns 3.3 times the 10th.
Worked from BLS OEWS, May 2025. Not adjusted for the cost of living.
By metro
Product manager pay by metro
Median annual pay in the largest US metros where BLS published figures for this occupation, highest first, May 2025.
BLS does not count product managers separately: they are part of Marketing Managers, so the metro figures are the same for every title in it. Each metro page covers the whole occupation.
- San Jose, CA$231,370
- San Francisco, CA$220,480
- Boston, MA$213,910
- New York, NY$192,840
- Denver, CO$182,470
- Washington, DC$181,260
- Seattle, WA$175,850
- San Diego, CA$174,840
- Richmond, VA$174,130
- Minneapolis, MN$173,040
- Portland, OR$172,610
- Los Angeles, CA$171,900
- Raleigh, NC$167,640
- Philadelphia, PA$166,310
- Charlotte, NC$166,200
- Chicago, IL$165,340
- Austin, TX$164,920
- Sacramento, CA$164,270
- Atlanta, GA$163,500
- Hartford, CT$163,210
- Tampa, FL$159,990
- Riverside, CA$157,670
- Jacksonville, FL$156,950
- Dallas, TX$155,460
- Virginia Beach, VA$155,300
- Houston, TX$153,030
- Detroit, MI$149,310
- Cincinnati, OH$145,770
- Buffalo, NY$144,390
- Orlando, FL$143,220
- Baltimore, MD$140,180
- Salt Lake City, UT$139,830
- Kansas City, MO$139,240
- Indianapolis, IN$137,980
- St. Louis, MO$137,900
- Louisville/Jefferson County, KY$136,350
- Miami, FL$135,870
- Nashville, TN$135,370
- Columbus, OH$134,420
- Phoenix, AZ$132,580
- Memphis, TN$132,540
- San Antonio, TX$131,800
- Milwaukee, WI$130,700
- Oklahoma City, OK$130,510
- Cleveland, OH$129,300
- Grand Rapids, MI$128,900
- Pittsburgh, PA$127,590
- Las Vegas, NV$106,090
Medians from BLS OEWS, May 2025.
Skills
What employers look for in a product manager
The skills our product manager resume example leads with, written for US employers.
- Product discovery
- Customer interviews
- Roadmap planning
- Prioritization frameworks
- A/B testing
- Product analytics
- SQL
- User story writing
- Cross-functional leadership
- Go-to-market planning
See the full product manager resume example, with bullets and keywords.
Negotiating
Using these numbers
Below $123,020 puts you in the bottom quarter for product managers in the US. That is worth raising, with evidence of what you deliver.
The median, $166,790, is the middle of the market, not a ceiling. An offer at or near it is a fair starting point to negotiate from.
Asking for $216,410 or more puts you in the top quarter, so it needs a reason an employer will accept: a wider scope, a competing offer, or a skill that is hard to hire for.
Percentiles are not experience levels. They describe everyone doing the job, so a senior hire can sit at the median of a market full of senior people.
About the numbers
What these figures are
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics surveys employers for its Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, and these figures are from the release dated May 2025. They cover wage and salary workers in Marketing Managers, a category that is often broader than a single job title. Self-employed people are not included.
They are base pay: bonuses, equity and overtime are not included, and they are not adjusted for the cost of living.
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