From Pragmatic Marketing’s Annual Product Management Salary Surveyfor 2005

Profile of a product manager

The average Product Manager is 36 years old;
87% claim to be “somewhat” or “very” technical;
90% have completed college and 46% have completed a masters program;
33% are female, 66% are male.

* 46% report to a director
* 28% to VP
* 5% report directly to the CEO
* 15% are in the Marketing department
* 21% are in the Product Management department
* 12% are in Development or Engineering
* 5% are in a sales department

What we do

* 66% researching market needs
* 54% preparing business case
* 19% performing win/loss analysis
* 79% monitoring development projects
* 77% writing requirements (the “what” document)
* 52% writing specifications (the “how” document)
* 49% writing promotional copy
* 23% creating web content
* 47% approving promotional materials
* 16% working with press and analysts
* 51% training sales people
* 44% going on sales calls

and most importantly, how much we get paid . . .

Average US product management compensation is $90,610 salary plus $10,961 annual bonus (79% of product managers get a bonus)

In the valley/west coast the # skews higher, average total comp of $107,240