# Technical program manager salary: $175,000–$256,160 a year

Every number below comes from 282 tracked live postings whose title matches "technical program manager". No surveys, no self-reports — listed salaries only, in US dollars.

Measured September 2026 · n=182 US postings with salary.

## Findings

- The median technical program manager posting offers $175,000–$256,160 a year (n=182).
- 32.6% of the 282 live postings matching "technical program manager" are remote.
- Level 4 technical program managers (building AI systems) list $235,000–$351,875, vs $168,000–$247,850 at Level 1.

## Median salary by seniority (USD / year)

| Segment | US postings with salary | Median min–max / year |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mid-level | 15 | $150,000–$220,000 |
| Senior | 129 | $173,600–$258,750 |
| Lead | 18 | $185,000–$255,580 |

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

| Segment | US postings with salary | Median min–max / year |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Remote | 50 | $171,400–$233,800 |
| On-site / hybrid | 132 | $176,200–$258,750 |

## Companies hiring technical program managers

- [NVIDIA](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/nvidia) (40)
- [OpenAI](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/openai) (25)
- [Anthropic](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/anthropic) (21)
- [Databricks](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/databricks) (16)
- [CoreWeave](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/coreweave) (12)
- [Scale AI](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/scale-ai) (12)
- [Palantir](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/palantir) (9)
- [Wayve](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/wayve) (9)

## Method

US-dollar postings whose title contains "technical program manager", with both salary bounds listed. This page exists because 182 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 Not the whole labor market — do not cite as a national average.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 September 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 182 live US postings for technical program managers with a listed USD salary, measured September 2026, the median offer is $175,000–$256,160 a year. This is the tracked catalog, not the whole labor market.

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

32.6% of the 182 live postings are marked remote by the employer, measured September 2026.

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

In this sample, 5 postings are Level 4 (building AI systems) and 176 are Level 1 (AI is not the work). See the AI level breakdown below for the median in each band. Measured September 2026.

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