Which pays more, Program Manager or Technical Product Manager?

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 Technical Product Manager

Program Manager pays more: a median of $133,500 against $124,500. There is 2.1× more demand for Technical Product Manager. Listings for Technical Product Manager move faster — median age 35 days against 48.

Comparison

Side by side

Measure	Program Manager	Technical Product Manager	Gap
Open postings	12,171	25,497	-13,326
Posted this week	959	1,946
Median salary	$133,500	$124,500	+$9k
25th percentile	$106k	$98.5k
75th percentile	$166k	$155k
Salary disclosed	4.5%	5.6%
Remote share	11.3%	6.6%	+4.7pp
Median age of posting	48d	35d
Open over 60 days	43.9%	39.7%
Visa sponsorship	20.3%	21.2%

Pay

Pay distribution

Program Manager

$60k$231k

Technical Product Manager

$56k$215k

Freshness

How old the listings are

Program Manager

just posted48d median90d+

Technical Product Manager

just posted35d 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%

Technical Product Manager — technologies

SQL

72.0%

Tableau

65.8%

TypeScript

59.6%

GCP

53.4%

AWS

47.2%

Azure

41.0%

Figma

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%

Technical Product Manager — employers

Northwind Systems

9.4%

Umbra Security

8.7%

Aperture Labs

8.0%

Fairmount Legal

7.2%

Halcyon Energy

6.5%

Ironbark Manufacturing

5.8%

Meridian Software

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%.