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Project Manager salary: median $119,000 a year

Project Manager listings that state pay run from $100,000 to $135,000 for the middle half, based on 368 current job listings. 2,010 project manager roles are open now.

Project Manager pay range

From 368 open listings that state pay. Annual, in US dollars.

Lower quarter
$100,000
Median
$119,000
Upper quarter
$135,000

Do AI skills change project manager pay?

For Operations roles in general, as of November 9, 2026. This is the function’s figure, not one for project manager alone: one title rarely has enough listings on both sides.

Among Operations listings, those that ask for an AI skill advertise +21.5% (about $28.5k) compared with similar listings that do not, matched on level and industry.

Listings that ask for an AI skill
$160,000
median, from 517 paid listings
Listings that never mention AI
$114,000
median, from 2,429 paid listings

Advertised pay only: the midpoint of the range an employer posted, on live U.S. postings read from the full text. “Asks for an AI skill” means the posting names a specific AI skill; “no AI” means it never mentions AI. A difference in what is advertised is not a promise of what you would be paid, and it does not show that learning a skill causes a raise.

See the AI-skill pay table for every function · Check your own pay against these listings

More pay data: Operations pay by level, skills that pay more and pay by employer size.

Project Manager salary by state

States with at least 8 listings that state pay.

Between jobs? Unemployment benefits and severance rules in these states, or in every state.

Open project manager jobs

Verified against the employer’s own career site within the last week.

Showing the newest 15 of about 2,010 verified open jobs here. Search all jobs

All 2,010 project manager jobs

Operations jobs in the rankings

Rankings about operations jobs

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Project Manager salary questions

How much does a project manager make?
Among 368 open project manager listings that state pay, the median is $119,000 a year, and half of listings fall between $100,000 and $135,000.
Where does this project manager pay data come from?
From current job listings on employers’ own career sites that state a pay range. Hourly pay is converted at 2,080 hours a year, and a listing’s midpoint is used. Listed pay is what employers advertise, not what people are paid.
Which state pays project managers the most?
Of the states with enough listings, California has the highest median listed pay at $145,000.

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