Product Operations Manager salary
National median pay for a Product Operations Manager is $100,750 per year, with a 25th-75th percentile range of $72,770 to $133,930.
About the Product Operations Manager role
Individual contributor owning core product operating system, OKR cadence, feedback triage, launch coordination, and tool admin for one product line.
Occupational mapping
Product Operations titles are not tracked as their own BLS occupation. ScaleProductOps maps the Product Operations Manager role to SOC 13-1198. Total U.S. employment for this SOC is 903,390 workers in the 2024 release, with a mean annual wage of $109,290.
Product Operations roles do not have a dedicated SOC code. We map each PO level to the closest BLS occupation, 13-1198 Project Management Specialists for individual contributor PO roles, 11-3021 Computer & Information Systems Managers for management-track PO roles. Technology-industry pay typically runs 10-30% above these cross-industry medians; see /methodology for details.
Level expectations
The Product Operations Manager sits at Level 2 of the Product Ops title ladder. Typical experience is 4-7 years, reporting to Head of Product or Director of PO. Scope: Single product line, 3-10 PMs.
Compare with other roles
Senior IC owning cross-team operating system, scaled rituals, and mentorship of junior PO ICs. Typically p75+ of Project Management Specialists in tech.
First-line PO manager with 2-5 reports, company-wide operating-system accountability, reports to VP Product or CPO.
Executive owning the PO function across a multi-product org. Compensation skews to equity; BLS wage data is topcoded at the federal cap.
Product Manager role shown for comparison. PO and PM compensate similarly in BLS data; differentiation is in equity and title premium.
Product Operations roles do not have a dedicated SOC code. We map each PO level to the closest BLS occupation, 13-1198 Project Management Specialists for individual contributor PO roles, 11-3021 Computer & Information Systems Managers for management-track PO roles. Technology-industry pay typically runs 10-30% above these cross-industry medians; see /methodology for details.
Frequently Asked Questions
Based on the Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS 2024 release, a Product Operations Manager earns a national median of $100,750. The 25th-to-75th percentile range is $72,770 to $133,930, and the 10th-to-90th range is $54,870 to $170,810. Mean annual pay is $109,290.
ScaleProductOps maps Product Operations Manager to SOC 13-1198. Product Operations roles do not have a dedicated SOC code. We map each PO level to the closest BLS occupation, 13-1198 Project Management Specialists for individual contributor PO roles, 11-3021 Computer & Information Systems Managers for management-track PO roles. Technology-industry pay typically runs 10-30% above these cross-industry medians; see /methodology for details.
Yes. Software-industry compensation for this role typically runs 10-30% above the cross-industry national median because the BLS occupation includes lower-paying industries. Add expected equity on top of the wage figure.
We refresh salary figures annually following the BLS OEWS May release cycle. This page was last updated on 2026-04-18.