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Program Manager Salary & Career Guide

What 517 live Program Manager postings ask for and pay: salary by years of experience, skills, education and the employers hiring.

Open roles
517
Employers
241
Remote
8%
Typical pay
$110k–236k
Verified live (7d)
428

Pay is advertised by 52% of these postings (269 of 517 in USD), so read it as what is offered rather than what is paid.

Pay by experience

Median advertised base, from postings that disclosed a range in USD · pick a band to read the rest of this page for it

ExperienceMedianPostings
0–2 years$100k17
3–5 years$114k76
6–9 years$147k79
10+ years$167k54

What skills do program manager jobs ask for?

Across 384 program manager postings that named at least one skill

PMP is named by 49% of the 384 program manager postings that name any skill. Microsoft PowerPoint follows at 28%.

  • PMP49%
  • Microsoft PowerPoint28%
  • Microsoft Visio17%
  • Adobe Acrobat17%
  • Atlassian JIRA9.9%
  • Six Sigma8.6%
  • SAP Business Intelligence7.5%
  • Scrum7.5%
  • Microsoft Word6.3%
  • Tableau5.7%

How much experience do program manager jobs ask for?

Minimum years named in the posting · 409 postings stated one

3–5 years is the most common minimum, named by 34% of the 409 program manager postings that state one.

0–2 years
7.3%
3–5 years
34%
6–9 years
29%
10+ years
30%

Are program manager jobs remote?

Where the work is done · 274 postings stated one

15% of the 274 program manager postings that say where the work happens are remote, against 38% hybrid and 48% on-site.

Remote
15%
Hybrid
38%
On-site
48%

Do program manager jobs need a degree?

The floor the posting sets · 336 postings stated one

Bachelor's is the most common floor, set by 89% of the 336 program manager postings that state one.

High school
0.3%
Associate
0.9%
Bachelor's
89%
Master's
8.6%
Doctorate
1.5%

Employers hiring for this

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