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Product, Programs, & Systems in Washington, D.C. Salaries

Live posted base-salary benchmarks for product, programs, & systems roles in Washington, D.C..

137 openings with posted pay · Updated Sep 5, 2026

Median base salary

$193k

Posted range midpoint

Typical range

$160k–$222k

25th to 75th percentile

Openings with pay

137

77% of 177 live openings

Companies disclosing

39

From their own postings

Annual base salary in USD. Equity and bonus excluded.

Highest-paying live openings

Sorted by posted range

1

Product Manager

Twenty · Arlington, VA · Senior

$161k–$389k

2

Senior Principal Chief Engineer

Anduril Industries · Chantilly, VA · Director

$292k–$386k

3

Senior Principal Chief Engineer, Space Special Programs

Anduril Industries · Chantilly, VA · Director

$292k–$386k

4

Product Manager, Public Sector

Anthropic · Washington, D.C. · Senior

$305k–$385k

5

Strategic Delivery Lead, Intelligence Community

OpenAI · Washington, D.C. · Senior

$266k–$370k

6

Senior Director, Hivemind Operations & Sustainment (R5855)

Shield AI · Washington, D.C. · Director

$250k–$370k

7

Engineering Manager, Platform Team

Twenty · Washington, D.C. · Manager

$197k–$354k

8

Forward Deployed Product Manager, Public Sector

Scale AI · New York, NY · Senior

$276k–$345k

9

Senior Manager, Perception (R3634)

Shield AI · Washington, D.C. · Manager

$229k–$344k

10

Applied AI Architect, Government

OpenAI · Washington, D.C. · Senior

$234k–$335k

11

Safeguards Enforcement Analyst, Integrity & Authenticity

Anthropic · San Francisco, CA · Mid-Level

$285k–$330k

12

Principal Technical Product Manager (R5249)

Shield AI · San Diego, CA · Staff / Principal

$220k–$330k

13

Director, Engineering Excellence & Enablement (R5467)

Shield AI · Washington, D.C. · Director

$210k–$320k

14

Senior Program Manager

Sphinx Defense · Chantilly, VA · Senior

$275k–$312k

15

Sr. Solutions Architect - Public Sector (Defense Industrial Base)

Databricks · Washington, D.C. · Senior

$219k–$301k

16

Engineering Manager - Defense Physical AI

Applied Intuition · Arlington, VA · Manager

$250k–$300k

17

Staff Product Manager, Agentic Platform

Scale AI · New York, NY · Staff / Principal

$238k–$297k

18

Head of Programs, Space Special Programs

Anduril Industries · Chantilly, VA · Director

$220k–$292k

19

Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering - Public Sector

Databricks · Washington, D.C. · Manager

$212k–$291k

20

Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering - CMEG

Databricks · Washington, D.C. · Manager

$212k–$291k

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Methodology

BuildList pulls salary ranges from company applicant tracking systems hourly. Nothing is self-reported or estimated.

Non-USD pay is converted to USD, and hourly, weekly, and monthly pay is annualized. Figures are medians and quartiles of each posting's range midpoint, weighted by currently open roles.

Base salary only. Equity and bonus are excluded. Groups with fewer than 30 salaried openings are withheld.

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