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.
Measured September 2026 · n=182 US postings with salary
Technical program manager salary: $175,000–$256,160 a year, measured from live postings.
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.
- 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)
Seniority as tagged on the posting. Both salary bounds required.
| 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
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 Not the whole labor market — do not cite as a national average.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.
Source: O*NET OnLine (U.S. Dept. of Labor) — Computer and Information Systems Managers (SOC 11-3021.00).
Technical program manager salary questions, answered from the data
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.