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Technical Project Manager salary: median $130,000 a year

Technical Project Manager listings that state pay run from $110,500 to $150,000 for the middle half, based on 52 current job listings. 235 technical project manager roles are open now.

Technical Project Manager pay range

From 52 open listings that state pay. Annual, in US dollars.

Lower quarter
$110,500
Median
$130,000
Upper quarter
$150,000

Do AI skills change technical project manager pay?

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

Among Engineering listings, those that ask for an AI skill advertise +19.1% (about $32.5k) compared with similar listings that do not, matched on level and industry.

Listings that ask for an AI skill
$209,000
median, from 3,968 paid listings
Listings that never mention AI
$152,500
median, from 4,882 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: Engineering pay by level, skills that pay more and pay by employer size.

Open technical project manager jobs

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Technical Project Manager salary questions

How much does a technical project manager make?
Among 52 open technical project manager listings that state pay, the median is $130,000 a year, and half of listings fall between $110,500 and $150,000.
Where does this technical 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 technical project managers the most?
Of the states with enough listings, California has the highest median listed pay at $161,000.

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