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Principal product salaries in the United States
Median $225k a year across 92 live postings that publish pay; the middle half runs from $199k to $252k. 88% of the 105 live postings in this segment publish a band at all.
The middle half: $199k to $252k. The ends are folded into the outer bars.
- Entry level$125k
- Mid level$178k
- Senior$187k
- Staff$223k
- Principal (this page)$225k
- Manager$176k
- Director$252k
- Executive$235k
Bars are the middle half of published bands; the tick is the median.
Highest-paying employers
Headwaymedian of 3 published bands$320k
Robloxmedian of 2 published bands$320k
Dockermedian of 2 published bands$290k
Crusoemedian of 2 published bands$275k
Hoppermedian of 2 published bands$263k
Ripplemedian of 2 published bands$260k
GitLabmedian of 2 published bands$251k
ClickHousemedian of 3 published bands$250k
Hiring the most right now
By job title
| Title | Median | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| Principal Product Manager | $213k | 12 |
| Principal Technical Program Manager | $232k | 6 |
| Principal Product Marketing Manager | $223k | 5 |
| Principal Program Manager | $181k | 3 |
The best-paid openings in this segment
- Senior/Principal Product Manager, Video Generation (Roblox Reality)Roblox · San Mateo, CA, United States$331k to $383k
- Staff/Principal Product Manager, Payer & Outcomes DataHeadway · Remote$300k to $375k
- Staff / Principal Product Manager, RankingHeadway · Remote$265k to $375k
- Principal Product Manager, AI Agents & MCPAmplitude · San Francisco, CA$237k to $398k
- Principal Product Manager, Search & Contract UnderstandingIronclad · San Francisco, California, United States$280k to $345k
- Principal Product Manager, Bare MetalCrusoe · San Francisco, California, USA$285k to $335k
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Questions this data answers
What is the median salary for principal product roles in the United States?
$225k a year in base pay, across 92 live postings that publish a salary band. The middle half of those bands runs from $199k to $252k.
What do the best-paid principal product roles in the United States offer?
One in ten published bands has a midpoint above $290k, and one in ten sits below $180k.
How many principal product job posts publish a salary?
88% of the 105 live postings in this segment state a pay range. The figures here are drawn only from those.
Do remote product roles in the United States pay less?
Remote postings publish a median of $225k against $223k for on-site and hybrid ones, from 42 and 50 postings respectively.
Which companies pay the most for principal product roles in the United States?
Among employers with at least two published bands, the highest medians right now are at Headway ($320k), Roblox ($320k), Docker ($290k).
Where does this data come from?
Base pay only, as employers publish it in their own job posts: the midpoint of each annual range, in the currency most postings use. Equity, bonus and commission are not in it. Updated daily.
Base pay only, as employers publish it in their own job posts: the midpoint of each annual range, in the currency most postings use. Equity, bonus and commission are not in it. Read off the live postings on Refolk's job board, where an employer is only counted while the posting is open. Updated daily.