Product Salary Guide: US
Discover the latest compensation trends for product roles across the US. Built with fresh insights and first-hand data from Trust in SODA’s specialist recruitment consultants, this guide covers the East Coast, the West Coast and remote roles.
Product Salary Guide: US
Discover the latest compensation trends for product roles across the US. Built with fresh insights and first-hand data from Trust in SODA’s specialist recruitment consultants, this guide covers the East Coast, the West Coast and remote roles.
Product Salary Guide: US
Discover the latest compensation trends for product roles across the US. Built with fresh insights and first-hand data from Trust in SODA’s specialist recruitment consultants, this guide covers the East Coast, the West Coast and remote roles.
Inside the US Product Market
Product is where commercial ambition meets engineering reality, and the US market prices it accordingly. Twenty-eight roles are benchmarked here, spanning product management from Associate PM to Chief Product Officer, a dedicated AI product track, and product design and UX research.
Demand has concentrated around product managers who work close to engineering: people who can make architectural trade-offs legible to the business and hold a roadmap against a shipping constraint. Design and research have separated further from product management as disciplines, with research in particular now hired for depth rather than as an extension of the design team.
The strongest premiums sit with technical product managers and the AI product track, where fluency with engineering constraints matters as much as commercial instinct. West Coast salaries lead the East Coast, and fully remote roles are benchmarked below both. As with engineering, these figures are base salary only and exclude equity.
How we compiled these figures
These product figures come from Trust in SODA's hiring mandates in the United States, benchmarked against our database of over 500,000 professionals and reviewed by the consultants who run these searches.
Last updated: September 2026 · See all salary guides
Product Salaries
These roles span product management from Associate PM to Chief Product Officer, the dedicated AI product track, and product design and UX research.
| Role | East Coast |
|---|---|
| Associate Product Manager | $120k–$150k |
| Product Manager | $150k–$190k |
| Senior Product Manager | $180k–$230k |
| Staff Product Manager | $210k–$260k |
| Principal Product Manager | $225k–$275k |
| Lead Product Manager | $210k–$260k |
| Founding Product Manager | $180k–$240k |
| Group Product Manager | $220k–$275k |
| Director of Product | $235k–$290k |
| Head of Product | $240k–$300k |
| VP of Product | $260k–$325k |
| Chief Product Officer | $275k–$350k |
| Technical Product Manager | $165k–$205k |
| AI Product Manager | $175k–$220k |
| Senior AI Product Manager | $195k–$245k |
| Director of AI Product | $245k–$300k |
| Product Designer | $140k–$180k |
| Senior Product Designer | $165k–$205k |
| Staff Product Designer | $190k–$235k |
| Principal Product Designer | $205k–$250k |
| Lead Product Designer | $190k–$235k |
| Director of Product Design | $220k–$275k |
| Head of Product Design | $230k–$285k |
| VP of Product Design | $250k–$310k |
| UX Designer | $125k–$165k |
| Senior UX Designer | $150k–$190k |
| UX Researcher | $130k–$170k |
| Senior UX Researcher | $155k–$195k |
Product salaries scale from Associate PM ($120–150k East Coast) all the way to Chief Product Officer ($275–350k), a wider ladder than most single-engineering tracks in this guide, reflecting how much PM scope and company stage affects pay. AI Product Manager and Senior AI Product Manager carry a clear premium over the equivalent generalist PM band ($175–220k vs $150–190k at PM level), confirming AI-specific product ownership commands its own premium in the current market. Design roles (Product Designer through VP of Product Design) are folded into this table too, and price consistently below the PM ladder at every comparable level — UX Designer and UX Researcher sit at the more affordable end of the whole table.
| Role | West Coast |
|---|---|
| Associate Product Manager | $135k–$170k |
| Product Manager | $170k–$215k |
| Senior Product Manager | $205k–$260k |
| Staff Product Manager | $240k–$300k |
| Principal Product Manager | $255k–$315k |
| Lead Product Manager | $240k–$300k |
| Founding Product Manager | $205k–$275k |
| Group Product Manager | $250k–$315k |
| Director of Product | $265k–$330k |
| Head of Product | $275k–$345k |
| VP of Product | $295k–$370k |
| Chief Product Officer | $315k–$400k |
| Technical Product Manager | $185k–$235k |
| AI Product Manager | $200k–$250k |
| Senior AI Product Manager | $220k–$280k |
| Director of AI Product | $280k–$345k |
| Product Designer | $165k–$210k |
| Senior Product Designer | $190k–$235k |
| Staff Product Designer | $215k–$270k |
| Principal Product Designer | $235k–$285k |
| Lead Product Designer | $215k–$270k |
| Director of Product Design | $250k–$315k |
| Head of Product Design | $260k–$325k |
| VP of Product Design | $285k–$355k |
| UX Designer | $145k–$190k |
| Senior UX Designer | $170k–$220k |
| UX Researcher | $150k–$195k |
| Senior UX Researcher | $175k–$225k |
Product salaries scale from Associate PM ($120–150k East Coast) all the way to Chief Product Officer ($275–350k), a wider ladder than most single-engineering tracks in this guide, reflecting how much PM scope and company stage affects pay. AI Product Manager and Senior AI Product Manager carry a clear premium over the equivalent generalist PM band ($175–220k vs $150–190k at PM level), confirming AI-specific product ownership commands its own premium in the current market. Design roles (Product Designer through VP of Product Design) are folded into this table too, and price consistently below the PM ladder at every comparable level — UX Designer and UX Researcher sit at the more affordable end of the whole table.
| Role | Remote US |
|---|---|
| Associate Product Manager | $105k–$130k |
| Product Manager | $130k–$165k |
| Senior Product Manager | $155k–$200k |
| Staff Product Manager | $180k–$225k |
| Principal Product Manager | $190k–$235k |
| Lead Product Manager | $180k–$225k |
| Founding Product Manager | $155k–$205k |
| Group Product Manager | $190k–$235k |
| Director of Product | $200k–$250k |
| Head of Product | $205k–$260k |
| VP of Product | $220k–$280k |
| Chief Product Officer | $235k–$300k |
| Technical Product Manager | $140k–$175k |
| AI Product Manager | $150k–$190k |
| Senior AI Product Manager | $165k–$210k |
| Director of AI Product | $210k–$260k |
| Product Designer | $120k–$155k |
| Senior Product Designer | $140k–$175k |
| Staff Product Designer | $160k–$200k |
| Principal Product Designer | $175k–$215k |
| Lead Product Designer | $160k–$200k |
| Director of Product Design | $190k–$235k |
| Head of Product Design | $195k–$245k |
| VP of Product Design | $215k–$265k |
| UX Designer | $105k–$140k |
| Senior UX Designer | $130k–$165k |
| UX Researcher | $110k–$145k |
| Senior UX Researcher | $130k–$165k |
Product salaries scale from Associate PM ($120–150k East Coast) all the way to Chief Product Officer ($275–350k), a wider ladder than most single-engineering tracks in this guide, reflecting how much PM scope and company stage affects pay. AI Product Manager and Senior AI Product Manager carry a clear premium over the equivalent generalist PM band ($175–220k vs $150–190k at PM level), confirming AI-specific product ownership commands its own premium in the current market. Design roles (Product Designer through VP of Product Design) are folded into this table too, and price consistently below the PM ladder at every comparable level — UX Designer and UX Researcher sit at the more affordable end of the whole table.
