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Product, Programs, & Systems salaries in Boston

What companies building the future pay, straight from their own job postings.

68 openings with posted pay · Updated Nov 1, 2026

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Product, Programs, & Systems · Boston

68 matching openings with posted pay
1
Product manager, US

Bending Spoons · Atlanta, GA · Mid-Level

$165k–$426k / year
2
Technical Deployment Lead

Anthropic · Boston, MA · Senior

$275k–$380k / year
3
Director/Senior Director, Product - Applied Data Science

Formation Bio · New York, NY · Director

$245k–$307k / year
4
Sr. Deployment Strategist, FDE - Financial Services

Databricks · Atlanta, GA · Senior

$220k–$302k / year
5
Staff Technical Program Manager

Suno · Boston, MA · Staff / Principal

$230k–$300k / year
6
Director of Commissioning and Field Service

Form Energy · Berkeley, CA · Director

$200k–$294k / year
7
Director, Features System Engineering

Merlin Labs · Boston, MA · Director

$220k–$290k / year
8
Sr. Staff Product Manager (Photonics)

Lightmatter · Boston, MA · Staff / Principal

$214k–$286k / year

Median base salary

$191k

68 openings with posted pay

Typical range

$145k–$203k

25th to 75th percentile

Across all 26,335 openings with posted pay, the median is $175k. Annual base salary. Equity and bonus excluded. Methodology

Product, Programs, & Systems by sector

Bar shows 25th to 75th percentile

AI Research172 openings
Typical range $225k–$345k
$284k
Typical range $195k–$268k
$232k
Fintech81 openings
Typical range $195k–$270k
$225k
AI App273 openings
Typical range $186k–$257k
$222k
Transportation176 openings
Typical range $155k–$228k
$199k
Defense461 openings
Typical range $167k–$211k
$193k
Robotics74 openings
Typical range $152k–$210k
$193k
Energy & Climate158 openings
Typical range $150k–$210k
$175k

Product, Programs, & Systems by location

Bar shows 25th to 75th percentile

NYC305 openings
Typical range $186k–$275k
$231k
SF Bay Area869 openings
Typical range $188k–$268k
$222k
Seattle160 openings
Typical range $177k–$257k
$215k
Remote252 openings
Typical range $166k–$257k
$205k
Washington, D.C.198 openings
Typical range $168k–$223k
$193k
Boston68 openings
Typical range $145k–$203k
$191k

Methodology

All figures come from salary ranges companies publish on their own job postings, pulled from their applicant tracking systems hourly. Nothing is self-reported or estimated.

Pay in other currencies is converted at fixed recent exchange rates. Hourly, weekly, and monthly pay is annualized. Everything is base salary only. Equity and bonus are excluded because postings rarely quantify them.

Stats are medians and quartiles of each posting's range midpoint, weighted by open roles. Groups with fewer than 30 openings (8 for a single company) are not shown.

Numbers reflect currently open roles, not historical offers. About 57% of tracked openings post pay. US pay-transparency laws drive most disclosure, so coverage skews to US roles. Explore hiring patterns in the hiring report.

Frequently asked questions

What is the median salary at companies building the future?
The median posted base salary is $175k per year, across 26,335 live openings at 530 companies. The middle half of postings falls between $135k and $225k.
Which startup roles pay the most?
AI & Autonomy roles lead at a $230k median, followed by Software & Data ($215k) and Infrastructure, IT, & Security ($200k), based on the ranges companies post on live openings.
Which companies building the future pay the highest salaries?
MatX tops the list with a $394k median posted base salary, ahead of Aaru ($353k) and Anthropic ($345k), among companies with eight or more openings that post pay.
Do startup job postings include salary?
About 57% of the openings BuildList tracks post a pay range. Disclosure is highest at US companies covered by pay-transparency laws, so coverage skews to US roles.
Where does this salary data come from?
From the pay ranges companies publish on their own job postings, pulled hourly from their applicant tracking systems and normalized to annual base salary. Equity and bonus are excluded. Nothing is self-reported or estimated.

These numbers come from 26,335 live openings. Browse the roles behind them.