# Technical program manager salary: $166,000–$222,000 a year

Every number below comes from 830 tracked live postings whose title matches "technical program manager". No surveys, no self-reports. Listed salaries only, in US dollars.

Measured November 2026 · n=573 US postings with salary.

## Findings

- The median technical program manager posting offers $166,000–$222,000 a year (n=573).
- 13.7% of the 830 live postings matching "technical program manager" are remote.
- Builds AI (AI Level 4) technical program managers list $203,500–$275,300, vs $162,000–$219,000 at Little AI (AI Level 1).

## Median salary by seniority (USD / year)

| Segment | US postings with salary | Median min–max / year |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Intern | 0 | not enough data |
| Junior | 1 | $115,000–$175,000 |
| Mid-level | 52 | $131,000–$190,900 |
| Senior | 414 | $163,600–$221,300 |
| Lead | 83 | $191,000–$263,400 |

## Remote vs on-site (USD / year)

| Segment | US postings with salary | Median min–max / year |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Remote | 68 | $175,000–$243,500 |
| On-site / hybrid | 505 | $166,000–$222,000 |

## Companies hiring technical program managers

- [Amazon](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/amazon) (331)
- [Anduril Industries](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/anduril-industries) (60)
- [NVIDIA](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/nvidia) (51)
- [Mastercard](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/mastercard) (21)
- [OpenAI](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/openai) (21)
- [Zoox](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/zoox) (21)
- [Anthropic](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/anthropic) (20)
- [Databricks](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/databricks) (15)

## Method

US-dollar postings whose title contains "technical program manager", with both salary bounds listed. This page exists because 573 such postings clear the 50-posting floor Level requires before publishing a dedicated salary page. Below that, the median moves too much between ingestion cycles to be a citable number.

Sample: postings at tech companies tracked by Level. Not the whole labor market. Do not cite as a national average.

Refreshed automatically; this edition is measured November 2026. Small-n slices move a lot. Read the n column first.

## Technical program manager salary questions, answered from the data

**What is the median technical program manager salary?**

Across 573 live US postings for technical program managers with a listed USD salary, measured November 2026, the median offer is $166,000–$222,000 a year. This is the tracked catalog, not the whole labor market.

**How many technical program managers jobs are remote?**

13.7% of the 573 live postings are marked remote by the employer, measured November 2026.

**Does the AI level of the job change the pay?**

In this sample, 14 postings build AI and 570 involve little AI. See the level breakdown below for the median at each level. Measured November 2026.

Source: https://jobsbylevel.com/salaries/role/technical-program-manager

## Cite this page

Level. https://jobsbylevel.com/salaries/role/technical-program-manager. Measured November 2026.

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