Project management salary: $148K median
The median advertised Project management salary is $148K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $115K to $182K: counted from 2,564 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $71 an hour or $12,292 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $220K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll Project management jobs
$148Kmedian advertised salary
$115K – $182Kmiddle half of roles
$153Kaverage advertised salary
2,564roles counted
Project management salary by level
Senior roles advertise a median of $157K, 53% more than junior roles ($102K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | $102K | $82K–$125K | 45 |
| Senior | $157K | $130K–$178K | 612 |
| Lead and above | $189K | $152K–$224K | 541 |
| No level in the title | $130K | $105K–$163K | 1,364 |
Project management salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $180K | 428 |
| 🇺🇸California | $165K | 895 |
| 🇺🇸Seattle, WA | $161K | 85 |
| 🇺🇸Portland, OR | $149K | 16 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $148K | 2,420 |
| 🇺🇸New York, NY | $148K | 427 |
| 🇺🇸Boston, MA | $146K | 82 |
| 🇺🇸Washington, DC | $140K | 78 |
| 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA | $135K | 192 |
| 🇺🇸Atlanta, GA | $131K | 25 |
| 🇺🇸Denver, CO | $130K | 59 |
| 🇺🇸Dallas, TX | $128K | 30 |
| 🇺🇸Texas | $122K | 77 |
| 🇺🇸Chicago, IL | $118K | 144 |
| 🇺🇸Austin, TX | $115K | 30 |
Skills that pay more for Project management roles
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Immunome, Inc. | $277K | 3 |
| Lambda | $267K | 4 |
| Anthropic | $265K | 17 |
| OpenAI | $250K | 17 |
| ClickHouse | $250K | 5 |
| Ashby | $246K | 6 |
| Cloudflare | $233K | 6 |
| Krakentech | $230K | 3 |
| Twelve | $230K | 3 |
| Writer | $228K | 3 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals | $226K | 5 |
| Roblox | $222K | 10 |
| Notion | $220K | 5 |
| BitGo | $220K | 3 |
| $217K | 6 | |
| Zoox | $217K | 22 |
| Astranis | $215K | 9 |
| Databricks | $214K | 24 |
| Shield AI | $214K | 12 |
| Waymo | $212K | 26 |
| Column | $210K | 4 |
| Prove | $210K | 3 |
| Together AI | $208K | 5 |
| Vanta | $207K | 3 |
| Kailera Therapeutics, Inc. | $206K | 8 |
Highest-paying open Project management roles
All Project management jobs- Preconstruction Manager - Water SolutionsLoenbro · 🇺🇸Austin, TX; Centennial, CO; Dallas, TX; Loveland, CO; Wes…$100K - $1,500KEvent marketingConstruction managementPLC
- Engineering Manager, Research ProductivityAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$405K - $850KMachine LearningIncident responseProject management
- Senior Director Digital Native, Customer EngineeringCloudflare · Hybrid$326K - $513KHybridLead and aboveServerlessDNSSD-WAN
- [Expression of Interest] Research Manager, InterpretabilityAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$350K - $500KMachine LearningLLMProject management
- Full Stack Engineer, Fleet SchedulingOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$230K - $490KGoPythonReact
- Engineering Manager, EducationOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$401K - $445KHybridProject management
- Engineering Manager, Core Cloud PlatformLambda · 🇺🇸San Francisco Office (Fremont St)$297K - $440KHybridGoPythonMachine Learning
- Principal Software Engineer - Creator Distributed Systems & StorageRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$345K - $399KLead and aboveC++C#GCP
- Director, Enterprise SalesBrex · 🇺🇸Seattle, Washington, United States$316K - $396KLead and abovePipeline managementProject management
- Director, Enterprise SalesBrex · 🇺🇸Salt Lake City, Utah, United States$316K - $396KLead and abovePipeline managementProject management
- Vice President, Strategic Program Management Office (SPMO)Agility Robotics · Remote$250K - $390KRemoteLead and aboveJiraPMPSmartsheet
- Sr/Principal Product Manager, Marketplace Discovery and RecommendationsRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$331K - $383KLead and aboveLLMRecommender systemsProject management
- Director, Product ManagementHinge Health · 🇺🇸San Francisco-HQ$280K - $380KHybridLead and aboveA/B testingProject management
- Associate General Counsel, Ads ProductReddit · 🇺🇸Remote - United States$266K - $372KRemoteMachine LearningGDPRData privacy
- Network Infrastructure Delivery ManagerLambda · 🇺🇸San Francisco Office (Fremont St)$236K - $370KHybridMachine LearningJiraNetwork engineering
- Head of Corporate DevelopmentCheckr · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California, United States$306K - $360KLead and aboveCFAFinancial modelingM&A
- Senior Director, PharmacometricsImmunome, Inc. · 🇺🇸Bothell, Washington, United States$288K - $354KLead and abovePythonMATLABQuantitative analysis
- Head of Strategic Real Estate, AD&SAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Costa Mesa, California, United States$260K - $345KLead and aboveExcelComputer VisionSecurity clearance
- Head of Legal OperationsSword Health · 🇺🇸Remote - US$214K - $336KRemoteLead and aboveContract managementClinical trialsBehavioral health
- Senior Director, Brand Lead - USBicara Therapeutics · 🇺🇸Boston$285K - $331KHybridLead and aboveEvent marketingProduct marketingClinical trials
Questions about Project management pay
- What is the average Project management salary?
- $153K a year on average and $148K at the median, across 2,564 open Project management 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 $115K to $182K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Project management pay?
- Immunome, Inc. ($277K), Lambda ($267K), Anthropic ($265K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a project management a high-paying job?
- The median Project management posting advertises $148K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 15% below the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a project management?
- A tenth of the postings offer $220K a year or more; the highest open Project management role advertises up to $1,500K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the Project management salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $148K a year is about $71 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $12,292 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $55 to $88 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for Project management roles?
- Postings that ask for PMP (+$6K, 261 postings), Jira (+$5K, 258 postings) advertise more than the $148K median of all Project management postings with pay.
- What does an entry-level project management make?
- 47 junior and intern Project management postings state pay, with a median of $100K a year ($48 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 Project management roles at companies is $148K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $115K to $182K. Counted from 2,564 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/project-management/
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