1,000+ Product & Project Management Jobs in Austin, TX

Broad Austin management occupations paid a mean $147,860 and median $129,060 in 2025, with a 25th-75th range of $84,990 to $178,530 and a 90th percentile of $268,030. The narrower Austin project management specialist median was $100,660 in 2023, which is older but still useful as a lower benchmark for less-senior project work. Recent local posted salary ranges centered on about $119k to $170k, and Revelio Public Labor Statistics puts the Texas mean offered salary on new openings in this family at ~$98,566 in September 2026; those posting-based figures are directional, not direct local medians.

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Advertised pay

Across the 577 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $100,000 at the 25th percentile, $145,000 at the median and $177,900 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of October 17, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

Austin is still a viable market for Management, Product & Project roles, but it is not an easy one. The metro had 1,415,900 nonfarm jobs in August 2026, up 1.2% from a year earlier, while unemployment was 3.9% and unemployed residents rose to 61,164. Local Professional and Business Services employment reached 291.5 thousand and grew 1.9587% year over year, which is a helpful backdrop for program, project, PMO, and implementation-style work. But Texas-wide signals for this occupation family are mixed: Management, Product & Project employment was down 1.0% year over year while active postings were up 13.1%, which usually means openings exist but employers are screening harder.

Best positioned: The best odds right now belong to mid-career and senior candidates who can show shipped or delivered work in software, semiconductor, or cross-functional business environments, backed by stakeholder, risk, budget, and data-heavy decision making.

Main caution: Do not assume Austin is a remote-first PM market: about 65% of sampled roles were on-site, about 25% were hybrid, and only about 5% were remote.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 1,061 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Amazon.co.uk Limited: 60 open roles
2. Applied Materials, Inc.: 32 open roles
3. Google Inc: 17 open roles
4. Procore Technologies, Inc.: 15 open roles
5. WSP Global Inc.: 15 open roles
6. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.: 13 open roles
7. Apple, Inc.: 12 open roles
8. Realtor: 12 open roles
9. News Corp: 11 open roles
10. Uthealthcomm: 11 open roles

Where the openings are

• Austin: 908
• Round Rock: 32
• Pflugerville: 22
• Buda: 7
• Houston: 7
• San Francisco: 6
• Cedar Park: 6
• Dallas: 3

Work arrangement

on-site 687 (65%), hybrid 291 (28%), remote 72 (7%)

Where the demand is

Austin is not one unified PM market right now. Within the visible local sample, the heaviest concentration sits in construction at about 35%, software development at about 25%, technology at about 10%, civil engineering at about 10%, and semiconductor manufacturing at about 5%. That means job seekers should stop treating "project manager" or "program manager" as interchangeable across employers. For classic product and technical program candidates, software, broader tech, and semiconductor employers are the cleaner fit, especially with Amazon, Applied Materials, Inc., and Apple, Inc. among the most active named hirers. For general project, delivery, and PMO candidates, the local Professional and Business Services backdrop is more supportive, with 291.5 thousand jobs and 1.9587% year-over-year growth in August 2026. The construction-heavy share should be read carefully, though: some specialist construction project roles belong to a separate lane and should not be mistaken for product or general program work.

• Software and technical program/product work (high): This is one of the clearest Austin fits for the category, supported by a large local technical workforce. Computer and mathematical occupations accounted for 6.5% of Austin employment in 2025, versus 3.4% nationally, and software developers had a location quotient of 2.28.
• Semiconductor and hardware scale-up programs (moderate): Applied Materials, Inc. is one of the most active named employers in the local sample, and Austin-area growth signals include funding and facility expansion at companies such as Fab2 and Base Power, though those reports do not break out PM hiring specifically.
• PMO, implementation, and business transformation (high): This lane maps best to Austin's Professional and Business Services growth and to employers that value stakeholder, risk, budget, and process execution skills over pure roadmap ownership.
• Entry-level or fully remote PM roles (limited): This is the weakest part of the market. Only about 5% of sampled openings were entry-level, and only about 5% were remote.

Where to focus: If you have real delivery ownership, focus first on technical program, implementation, and PMO-style roles in software, semiconductor, and business-services employers rather than generic product titles.

Roles worth searching next

• Business Analyst: It uses requirements gathering, stakeholder alignment, and process translation that overlap heavily with project and program work.
• Data Analyst or Product Analyst: This is a good pivot for candidates whose strongest value is measurement, experimentation, and decision support rather than delivery ownership.
• Business Operations Analyst: It keeps you close to cross-functional execution, planning, and internal transformation work without requiring a pure PM title.
• Customer Implementation Manager: It fits candidates with delivery discipline who can manage scope, client communication, and cross-team coordination.

What postings ask for

• Project management (table_stakes | immediate): It appeared in about 40% of sampled postings, making it the clearest baseline requirement in this market. Who: Everyone in this category.
• Stakeholder management (table_stakes | immediate): It showed up in about 20% of local postings, which fits Austin's cross-functional delivery mix across tech, services, and hardware environments. Who: Mid-career candidates and career switchers translating prior leadership into PM language.
• Risk management (differentiator | immediate): Risk management also appeared in about 20% of local postings, which matters in employers that are hiring selectively and want fewer execution misses. Who: Project, program, delivery, and PMO candidates.
• Data analysis (differentiator | immediate): It appeared in about 15% of local postings and is one of the fastest ways to make a PM profile less generic. Who: Product candidates, implementation candidates, and career switchers coming from analyst or ops backgrounds.
• Product management specialization (premium | near-term): Product management showed up in about 15% of sampled postings, and broader 2026 evidence suggests the PM role is splitting into more technical and AI-adjacent tracks versus growth and monetization tracks. Who: Candidates targeting product manager, TPM, or chief-of-staff-to-product paths.
• Budget management and strategic planning (premium | near-term): Budget management, budgeting, and strategic planning each appear in a meaningful share of local postings, and they usually separate true owners from coordinators. Who: Mid-career and senior candidates who want higher-paying, higher-trust roles.

Questions about this market

What do Management, Product & Project roles pay in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX?

Broad Austin management occupations paid a mean $147,860 and median $129,060 in 2025, with a 25th-75th range of $84,990 to $178,530 and a 90th percentile of $268,030. The narrower Austin project management specialist median was $100,660 in 2023, which is older but still useful as a lower benchmark for less-senior project work. Recent local posted salary ranges centered on about $119k to $170k, and Revelio Public Labor Statistics puts the Texas mean offered salary on new openings in this family at ~$98,566 in September 2026; those posting-based figures are directional, not direct local medians. Austin still offers strong pay for this category, but the market rewards scope more than title. The best compensation tends to go to people who own tradeoffs, budgets, delivery risk, or technical coordination across teams.

Where is demand for Management, Product & Project roles in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX concentrated?

Austin is not one unified PM market right now. Within the visible local sample, the heaviest concentration sits in construction at about 35%, software development at about 25%, technology at about 10%, civil engineering at about 10%, and semiconductor manufacturing at about 5%. That means job seekers should stop treating "project manager" or "program manager" as interchangeable across employers. For classic product and technical program candidates, software, broader tech, and semiconductor employers are the cleaner fit, especially with Amazon, Applied Materials, Inc., and Apple, Inc. among the most active named hirers. For general project, delivery, and PMO candidates, the local Professional and Business Services backdrop is more supportive, with 291.5 thousand jobs and 1.9587% year-over-year growth in August 2026. The construction-heavy share should be read carefully, though: some specialist construction project roles belong to a separate lane and should not be mistaken for product or general program work.

Which employers are hiring the most Management, Product & Project talent in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX?

Recent postings show the most activity from Amazon (None postings), Applied Materials, Inc. (None postings), Apple, Inc. (None postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Management, Product & Project roles in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 5% are remote and 25% hybrid, with 65% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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