Management

Technical Program Managers

SOC 11-9199

Drive large technical initiatives across multiple engineering teams.

The job

Median pay

$142k

$103k to $186k typical range

Outlook, 2025 to 2035

Growing fast

+4.9% projected

Openings a year

101k

BLS projection

Typical education

Bachelor's

Our model

AI displacement risk

Very high

How much of this job AI may do instead of the person

Works with AI

7/100

AI alongside the person rather than instead of them

AI exposure

94th pct

More exposed than 94% of occupations · modeled estimate · 51st pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

53/100

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Key skills

Reading Comprehension
Critical Thinking
Speaking
Active Listening
Writing
Monitoring

Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
California	99,580	5.5	1.4×	$175k
Texas	61,410	4.4	1.1×	$134k
Florida	37,820	3.8	0.9×	$109k
Georgia	34,680	7.1	1.8×	$125k
Illinois	31,680	5.2	1.3×	$140k
New Jersey	30,270	7.1	1.8×	$162k
North Carolina	21,830	4.4	1.1×	$141k
Virginia	21,560	5.2	1.3×	$166k
Pennsylvania	20,170	3.3	0.8×	$132k
Washington DC	18,570	26.5	6.6×	$176k

All 51 states

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
New York	18,470	1.9	0.5×	$167k
Maryland	17,530	6.3	1.6×	$159k
Tennessee	17,510	5.3	1.3×	$99k
Wisconsin	14,240	4.8	1.2×	$107k
Colorado	14,060	4.9	1.2×	$171k
Louisiana	13,220	6.8	1.7×	$103k
Missouri	11,420	3.9	1.0×	$126k
Massachusetts	10,630	2.9	0.7×	$183k
Washington	10,490	3.0	0.7×	$164k
Michigan	9,380	2.1	0.5×	$134k
Utah	9,190	5.3	1.3×	$135k
Nevada	9,110	5.9	1.5×	$112k
Arizona	8,540	2.6	0.7×	$130k
Oregon	7,680	3.9	1.0×	$126k
Ohio	7,360	1.3	0.3×	$130k
Connecticut	7,330	4.3	1.1×	$163k
Indiana	6,990	2.2	0.6×	$80k
Arkansas	5,690	4.4	1.1×	$88k
Minnesota	4,160	1.4	0.3×	$153k
New Mexico	3,770	4.3	1.1×	$124k
West Virginia	3,640	5.2	1.3×	$125k
Iowa	3,600	2.3	0.6×	$128k
Kansas	2,690	1.9	0.5×	$132k
Nebraska	2,640	2.6	0.6×	$116k
Hawaii	2,428	3.9	1.0×	$130k~
Kentucky	2,390	1.2	0.3×	$123k
South Carolina	2,210	1.0	0.2×	$130k
North Dakota	2,040	4.8	1.2×	$126k
Alabama	1,970	0.9	0.2×	$136k
Maine	1,860	2.9	0.7×	$116k
Alaska	1,740	5.3	1.3×	$128k
Montana	1,600	3.1	0.8×	$110k
Oklahoma	1,340	0.8	0.2×	$132k
New Hampshire	1,330	1.9	0.5×	$146k
Delaware	1,280	2.6	0.7×	$168k
Idaho	1,230	1.4	0.4×	$132k
Vermont	1,060	3.5	0.9×	$125k
Mississippi	960	0.8	0.2×	$102k
Wyoming	850	3.0	0.8×	$113k
Rhode Island	790	1.6	0.4×	$166k
South Dakota	570	1.2	0.3×	$119k

Top metro areas

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV42,010 jobs · $171k median
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ34,400 jobs · $170k median
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA31,210 jobs · $168k median
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN26,170 jobs · $145k median
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA24,490 jobs · $130k median
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA21,550 jobs · $210k median
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX19,890 jobs · $140k median
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX14,930 jobs · $145k median

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.