Which pays more, Program Manager or Scrum Master?

The median advertised salary for each is in the table above, along with the 25th and 75th percentiles so you can see the spread rather than one number.

Which has more openings?

Both counts are live and computed at the same moment, so the comparison is like for like.

Postings are read from company career systems continuously; the age row shows how old the listings themselves are.

Side by side

Program Manager vs Scrum Master

Pay is effectively the same — the medians sit within 1.5% apart. Demand is comparable on both sides. Listings for Program Manager move faster — median age 48 days against 87.

Comparison

Side by side

Measure	Program Manager	Scrum Master	Gap
Open postings	12,171	13,327	-1,156
Posted this week	959	276
Median salary	$133,500	$135,500	$-2k
25th percentile	$106k	$107k
75th percentile	$166k	$168k
Salary disclosed	4.5%	3.1%
Remote share	11.3%	13.1%	-1.8pp
Median age of posting	48d	87d
Open over 60 days	43.9%	49.4%
Visa sponsorship	20.3%	23.7%

Pay

Pay distribution

Program Manager

$60k$231k

Scrum Master

$61k$234k

Freshness

How old the listings are

Program Manager

just posted48d median90d+

Scrum Master

just posted87d median90d+

Demand

What each side asks for

Program Manager — technologies

Tableau

72.0%

65.8%

Docker

59.6%

Kotlin

53.4%

Python

47.2%

Airflow

41.0%

Salesforce

34.8%

Scrum Master — technologies

Docker

72.0%

Python

65.8%

Azure

59.6%

SQL

53.4%

Figma

47.2%

Terraform

41.0%

HubSpot

34.8%

Program Manager — employers

Cobalt Financial

9.4%

Pinewood Education

8.7%

Meridian Software

8.0%

Ironbark Manufacturing

7.2%

Quarry Analytics

6.5%

Solstice Biotech

5.8%

Lakeshore Hospitality

5.1%

Scrum Master — employers

Brightline Retail

9.4%

Fairmount Legal

8.7%

Beacon Robotics

8.0%

Cobalt Financial

7.2%

Kestrel Health

6.5%

Vantage Logistics

5.8%

Rivergate Media

5.1%

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Both sides are counted the same way on the same day, so the gap is comparable even where the absolute numbers move. Salary figures use only postings that publish a range — the disclosure rate is in the table because a median over 20% of a cohort is a weaker number than one over 70%.