Partner Manager salary: $176K median
The median advertised Partner Manager salary is $176K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $144K to $222K: counted from 521 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $84 an hour or $14,625 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $265K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll partner manager jobs
$176Kmedian advertised salary
$144K – $222Kmiddle half of roles
$184Kaverage advertised salary
521roles counted
Partner Manager salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $220K, 40% more than senior roles ($158K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $158K | $144K–$200K | 90 |
| Lead and above | $220K | $184K–$260K | 173 |
| No level in the title | $150K | $120K–$190K | 257 |
Partner Manager salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $215K | 124 |
| 🇺🇸California | $205K | 148 |
| 🇺🇸New York, NY | $188K | 139 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $177K | 488 |
| 🇺🇸Chicago, IL | $164K | 18 |
| 🇺🇸Texas | $144K | 37 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| OpenAI | $358K | 13 |
| Fireworks | $276K | 4 |
| Column | $262K | 3 |
| Anthropic | $258K | 12 |
| Fivetran | $243K | 4 |
| PatientPoint | $242K | 3 |
| Forus | $235K | 3 |
| Plaid | $234K | 3 |
| Cloudflare | $232K | 3 |
| Block | $230K | 3 |
| Everlaw | $228K | 3 |
| Snowflake | $226K | 3 |
| LangChain | $225K | 4 |
| IonQ | $222K | 4 |
| Apollo.io | $212K | 3 |
| Anaplan | $200K | 12 |
| Databricks | $192K | 4 |
| Ramp | $191K | 11 |
| Engine | $188K | 3 |
| Numeral | $188K | 3 |
| Pure Storage | $184K | 5 |
| Gigs | $170K | 3 |
| Braze | $164K | 17 |
| Datadog | $161K | 3 |
| Alloy | $160K | 3 |
Highest-paying open Partner Manager roles
All partner manager jobs- Strategic AI Partnerships LeadFlowgen Labs · 🇺🇸San Francisco$300K - $450KLead and aboveAISAP
- AWS GTM Partnership Lead, Global System IntegratorsAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA$365K - $425KLead and aboveAWSEscalation management
- AWS GTM Partnership Lead, Public Sector & NonprofitsAnthropic · 🇺🇸Washington, DC$365K - $425KLead and aboveAWSSecurity clearanceFedRAMP
- Partner Director, McKinsey AllianceOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$380K - $420KLead and aboveChange management
- Partner Director, PwCOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$380K - $420KLead and aboveEscalation management
- Vice President, Business Development & Strategic PartnershipsFlex · 🇺🇸New York, NY; San Francisco, CA$336K - $420KLead and abovePipeline managementContract negotiationFinancial modeling
- Partnerships Lead, Consulting & SI PartnersMercor · Mercor HQ, 181 Fremont Street$300K - $400KLead and aboveGCPAzureAWS
- Partnerships Lead, AI Infrastructure & Post-TrainingMercor · Mercor HQ, 181 Fremont Street$300K - $400KLead and aboveAIReinforcement learning
- Principal - Strategic Partnerships LeadOpenai Deployment Company · 🇺🇸New York$200K - $400KHybridLead and above
- Executive Director, Strategic PartnershipsLuminai · 🇺🇸SF Bay Area$300K - $400KLead and above
- VP - Global Strategic PartnershipsnCino, Inc. · 🇺🇸Remote, USA$190K - $381KRemoteLead and aboveAI agents
- Head of Enterprise and Strategic PartnershipsMercury · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Portland, OR, or Remote…$274K - $380KRemoteLead and aboveM&A
- Head of Strategic Partnerships, TavilyNebius · 🇺🇸United States$300K - $377KLead and above
- Strategic Partnerships Lead, CreditColumn · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$200K - $375KLead and aboveProspectingRisk management
- Sr. Director/VP, Strategic PartnershipsHeartflow · 🇺🇸Rohnert Park, California$286K - $375KLead and aboveProduct marketingPerformance managementMedical devices
- Ecosystem Partner Development LeadBlock · 🇺🇸Bay Area, CA, United States of America$240K - $359KLead and aboveCrypto custody
- Director, Enterprise Sales & Strategic Partnerships, DoorDash for BusinessDoorDash USA · 🇺🇸New York, NY; Los Angeles, CA; San Francisco, CA; United…$145K - $354KRemoteLead and aboveHubSpot
- Senior Director, M&A Partner DevelopmentMercer Advisors · 🇺🇸Remote, USA$300K - $350KRemoteLead and above
- Principal, Strategic Partnerships, Health SystemsAssorthealth · 🇺🇸Remote, USA$250K - $350KRemoteLead and aboveContact center softwareRevenue cycle managementCRM
- AI Factory Partnerships Lead - OEM & Infrastructure AlliancesFireworks · 🇺🇸San Francisco$320K - $350KHybridLead and aboveLLMPyTorchAI
Questions about Partner Manager pay
- What is the average Partner Manager salary?
- $184K a year on average and $176K at the median, across 521 open Partner Manager postings at companies that state pay (November 2026). The median is the better guide: a few very high offers pull the average up.
- What is the typical range?
- The middle half of the postings offer $144K to $222K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Partner Manager pay?
- OpenAI ($358K), Fireworks ($276K), Column ($262K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a partner manager a high-paying job?
- The median Partner Manager posting advertises $176K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 1% above the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a partner manager?
- A tenth of the postings offer $265K a year or more; the highest open Partner Manager role advertises up to $450K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the Partner Manager salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $176K a year is about $84 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $14,625 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $69 to $106 an hour.
- Where do these figures come from?
- From the pay ranges employers print in their own job postings, read from their careers pages every hour. The midpoint of each range is counted. These are advertised ranges for open roles, mostly in the United States and in US dollars, not what people are actually paid.
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The median advertised salary for Partner Manager roles at companies is $176K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $144K to $222K. Counted from 521 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/partner-manager/
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