Program Manager salary
What a program manager actually earns, from 187 live job postings blended with the official US OEWS (Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) wage anchor. Pick a market for its median and range, then read the seniority split, the trend, and the country comparison below. Updated 2026-09-22.
Switch the market above to see program manager pay in the 2 countries our sources cover, each with its own cost of living. The trend, seniority, and state detail below are United States data, where the official record runs deepest.
What the number means
A program manager earns a blended US median near 177,424 dollars, with the typical middle running from 150,093 dollars to 214,259 dollars. The official OEWS median is 136,550 dollars, under the posted figure, because the advertised roles skew senior or well-funded. The official trend has moved up about 10 percent since 2021. By seniority, posted pay runs from roughly 136,818 dollars to 187,875 dollars. Demand is rated high, and 15% of postings are fully remote. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is project manager, at 80 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
Open program manager roles
Live openings, freshest first. Apply at the source.
Technical Program Manager at SpreedlyUSA · Remote1d agoApply
Technical Program Manager at Underwriters Laboratories Inc.United States · Remote$108k–$149k1d agoApply- PROGRAM MANAGEMENT OFFICER, CONSTRUCTION at Naval Facilities Engineering Systems CommandWashington Navy Yard, District of Columbia$199k–$228k1d agoApply
- Special Operations Program Director (Supervisory Auditor) at Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade BureauLocation Negotiable After Selection$126k–$197k1d agoApply
Global Programme Director - Finance Technology at WppLondon2d agoApply
Technical Program Manager II at Akamai TechnologiesCosta Rica2d agoApply
By seniority
Posted-median pay by seniority signal in the title, from our corpus. Noisy at the edges where sample sizes are small.
By country
- United States$150,093$177,424$214,259
- United Kingdom$61,048$82,918$97,665
Top-paying US states
OEWS median by state, highest first.
- Massachusetts$172,380
- District of Columbia$171,910
- California$170,740
- Washington$165,080
- Colorado$164,010
- Virginia$162,610
Every measured move out of this role, ranked by readiness: alternative careers for a program manager.
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Quick answers
How much does a program manager make?
The blended US median is about 177,424 dollars, with a typical range from 150,093 dollars to 214,259 dollars, against an official OEWS median of 136,550 dollars.
Is program manager a good career in 2026?
Demand for the role is rated high in our July 2026 corpus, with 15% of postings fully remote. The pay is shown above by seniority and by country.
What can a program manager move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is project manager, at 80 percent skill coverage. Run the instrument for the full set of reachable moves.
Method: bands are the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of live US postings with stated pay, shrunk toward the official OEWS anchor by sample size (the “blended” figure). Trend is the OEWS annual median for SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code 11-9199. Live corpus 187 observations, 2026-09-22. Definitions in the glossary.