Project manager salary
What remote US project manager roles pay at each experience level, and where the next step up sits. All roles
Pay by experience level
Median posted pay by the experience each posting asks for. The role family is the base title plus the steps on the ladder below, 621 postings.
For postings that ask for 5 to 10 years of experience, the median posted pay for a remote project manager is $125,000, which is 22% above the US median of $102,320 for project management specialists (BLS, May 2025).
Source US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. The BLS figure covers every work arrangement and experience level, so it is a rough yardstick and not a like-for-like match.
How pay is spread across postings
Each outline is one experience band. Taller means more postings at that pay. Dashed lines mark each band median.
Half of 5 to 10 year postings pay between $105,000 and $148,000, with a median of $125,000. The medians are $96,000 for 2 to 5 years, $125,000 for 5 to 10 years and $164,000 for 10+ years.
What each step up the ladder pays
Each bar runs from the 25th to the 75th percentile within one experience band, so it holds the middle half of postings. The dot is the median. A step needs 30 postings in a band before we draw it.
Among 5 to 10 year postings, the median moves from $115,000 for Project manager to $133,000 for Program manager, a difference of $17,000.
| Step | 2 to 5 years | 5 to 10 years | 10+ years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Project manager | $90,000middle half $78,000 to $110,000, n 101 | $115,312middle half $96,803 to $131,901, n 114 | not enough postings yetn 27 |
| Senior project manager | not enough postings yetn 4 | $123,494middle half $105,000 to $148,725, n 52 | not enough postings yetn 23 |
| Program manager | $107,613middle half $89,625 to $140,100, n 54 | $132,500middle half $116,480 to $160,000, n 121 | $165,000middle half $141,541 to $191,850, n 103 |
| Director of project or program management | not enough postings yetn 0 | not enough postings yetn 3 | not enough postings yetn 19 |
How pay changes with job title
Each outline is one step of the ladder, and each posting counts once, in the highest step its title matches. A step needs 30 postings in the view to be drawn. Dashed lines mark medians.
For postings asking for 5 or more years, the median is $120,000 for Project manager and $150,000 for Program manager. Postings asking for 2 to 5 years are shown in the charts above.
| Step, 5 or more years | Median | n |
|---|---|---|
| Project manager | $120,000 | 141 |
| Senior project manager | $132,500 | 75 |
| Program manager | $150,000 | 224 |
Left out with fewer than 30 postings in this view, Director of project or program management (n 22). This view combines the 5 to 10 and 10+ bands, which come from the same continuous pulls. The 2 to 5 band is never combined with them.
Where this role leads
Two kinds of next move. Steps up the ladder compare the same experience band at both ends. Nearby roles compare whole role families.
These roles list similar skills, so they are common moves. Each figure is the other role median minus this one, in the same experience band, and each role mixes every step of its ladder. It is not the raise a move would bring.
The skill groups this role asks for
Skills that tend to be listed together are grouped. The bar shows the share of this role's postings that list at least two skills from a group. Postings with no skills listed are left out.
Management and process appears in 49% of the 621 postings that list skills, followed by agile and business analysis at 24%.
Management and process
49% of postings, n 303- program management
- process improvement
- risk mitigation
- vendor management
- technical program management
- stakeholder communication
The pay difference points in different directions across ladder steps, so none is shown.
Agile and business analysis
24% of postings, n 150- jira
- agile
- scrum
- smartsheet
- confluence
- facilitation
Among 5 to 10 year postings, those with this group have a median pay about $10,000 higher than those without, compared within the same ladder step (44 with, 70 without, Project manager).
Pay comparisons show association and not cause. Postings that ask for a skill group may differ in employer, industry or the work itself, and listing a skill does not guarantee the raise. A comparison appears only for 5 to 10 years of experience, within one ladder step, with at least 30 postings with and without the group.
Top hiring employers
- NTT DATA Services5
- Cushman & Wakefield5
- AHEAD5
- Microsoft5
- Inizio Evoke4
- Harris Computer4
- Motorola Solutions4
- Public Consulting Group4
How wide posted pay ranges are
Median gap between the top and bottom of the range, within each experience band. Postings with a single figure are left out.
A typical 5 to 10 year posting's range spans $30,000 from bottom to top, so the top is about 1.27 times the bottom.
| Experience | Median range width | Top as a multiple of bottom | n |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 to 5 years | $25,000 | 1.33 | 151 |
| 5 to 10 years | $30,000 | 1.27 | 278 |
| 10+ years | $42,000 | 1.29 | 171 |
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