Entry-level Product Manager salary in San Francisco, CA

Based on 81 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level I in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Menlo Park, San Bruno, San Mateo, Fremont, Foster City.

Median salary$164,133
Middle 50%$120k–$190k
vs. all levels here−11%comparison median $184,000
Filings81FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $71,510 and $242,483.
PercentileSalary
10th$102,294
25th$120,000
50th (median)$164,133
75th$190,000
90th$208,000

Salary by year

Median salary

$110k $145k $180k FY2020: median $130,000 (54 filings) FY2021: median $133,280 (36 filings) FY2022: median $136,932 (40 filings) FY2023: median $131,903 (38 filings) FY2024: median $144,186 (28 filings) FY2025: median $170,000 (38 filings) FY2026: median $155,000 (43 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 54 filings FY20 FY2021: 36 filings FY21 FY2022: 40 filings FY22 FY2023: 38 filings FY23 FY2024: 28 filings FY24 FY2025: 38 filings FY25 FY2026: 43 filings FY26 54
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020$130,000$115,022$147,62554
FY2021$133,280$98,750$140,00036
FY2022$136,932$113,750$152,75040
FY2023$131,903$108,500$155,00038
FY2024$144,186$105,500$155,00028
FY2025$170,000$136,000$188,85038
FY2026$155,000$110,976$188,55243

Cost of living

San Francisco's median entry-level Product Manager salary of $164,133 is worth about $142,000 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; San Francisco = 115.6).

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
Metatoo few7
Lyfttoo few3
Adobetoo few2
ByteDancetoo few2
KikOfftoo few2
Qualystoo few2
Robinhood Marketstoo few2
Robloxtoo few2
SquareTradetoo few2
Tekiontoo few2

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $164,133 81
Mid-level · Level II $160,000 278
Senior · Level III $172,600 345
Expert · Level IV $214,300 436

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.