Project Manager Jobs in New York, NY

Local government wage data is strong but broad: the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro's management occupations group had a $171,990 median, $124,760 at the 25th percentile, and $231,060 at the 75th percentile in 2025. That sits well above the national median for project management specialists at $102,320 and above New York's mean offered salary on new management, product & project openings of about $114,324 in September 2026, based on a sample of 6,281 postings.

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Advertised pay

Across the 3,422 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $97,604 at the 25th percentile, $140,000 at the median and $180,000 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of November 10, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

This is a competitive but still worthwhile market. Metro unemployment was 4.7% in August 2026, down -12.9630% year over year, while metro nonfarm employment was up 0.5029% year over year and metro Professional and Business Services employment was up 0.5641% year over year. For this category specifically, Revelio Public Labor Statistics shows New York statewide management, product & project postings up 9.1% year over year and employment up 0.6% year over year in September 2026, and Indeed tracked roughly 45,000 active local postings. The catch is selectivity: the metro already supports 713,690 jobs in the much broader management occupations group, so employers can screen hard for domain fit and proven delivery ownership.

Best positioned: The best odds right now go to mid-career product, program, and technical project candidates who can show shipped outcomes in AI, fintech, security, or enterprise workflow environments and are open to hybrid New York roles.

Main caution: The biggest misconception is treating the metro's very high management pay figures as direct salary expectations for generic PM applications; those wage numbers come from a broader and more senior occupational bucket than this page's target titles.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 4,066 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. City of New York: 143 open roles
2. J.P. Morgan SE: 85 open roles
3. Adelphi Group: 28 open roles
4. Amazon: 27 open roles
5. CVS Health Corporation: 25 open roles
6. IPG Health, LLC: 24 open roles
7. Google Inc: 23 open roles
8. Capital One Group: 18 open roles
9. Mount Sinai International: 18 open roles
10. WSP Global Inc.: 18 open roles

Where the openings are

• New York: 2,753
• Jersey City: 114
• Newark: 65
• Brooklyn: 63
• Stamford: 43
• Bronx: 34
• Morristown: 27
• White Plains: 25

Work arrangement

on-site 2,472 (62%), hybrid 1,289 (32%), remote 241 (6%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity is concentrated where New York has budget, complexity, and regulated workflows. The most visible large-company demand includes JPMorgan Chase, Citi, Goldman Sachs, Google, and Amazon. That lines up with the underlying employer base: metro Professional and Business Services employment reached 1,622.3 thousand in August 2026 and was up 0.5641% year over year, while New York Financial Activities employment was 759.1 thousand and up +0.3% year over year. The category is active, but not evenly active. Revelio Public Labor Statistics counted about 119,567 active New York postings for management, product & project in September 2026, up 9.1% year over year, yet those openings are spread across a very large state market and not all sit inside this metro. The sharpest local edge appears around AI and venture-backed teams: AI Product Manager postings were reported up more than 150% month over month, and recent startup openings included product roles at Confido, Adaptive, Ande, Profound, Ramp, and Rillet, plus a program manager role at Cyera.

• Finance, fintech, and regulated enterprise (high): Banks and platform companies such as JPMorgan Chase, Citi, Goldman Sachs, Google, and Amazon are among the most visible local hirers, and the metro's Professional and Business Services base is still expanding.
• AI product and technical program work (high): AI Product Manager postings were reported up more than 150% month over month, and recent startup openings spanned AI, fintech, healthcare, and security companies including Confido, Adaptive, Ande, Profound, Ramp, Rillet, and Cyera.
• Generalist delivery and scrum-only roles (limited): These roles still exist, but easier-to-automate coordination tasks such as status reporting, meeting summaries, and routine schedule updates are increasingly handled by AI tools.

Where to focus: Focus on hybrid NYC roles where you can pair one domain moat—finance, AI, security, or healthcare workflows—with measurable ownership of roadmap, delivery, or cross-functional execution.

Roles worth searching next

• Business Analyst / Product Analyst: It keeps you close to roadmap, requirements, and stakeholder work while asking for a narrower proof set than full PM ownership.
• Implementation Manager: It uses project planning, client coordination, scope control, and cross-functional delivery without requiring full product strategy ownership.
• Strategy & Operations: It rewards structured problem solving, executive communication, prioritization, and operating-rhythm design.
• Risk or Compliance Analyst: In regulated New York employers, this can be a practical entry from project or program coordination into a domain with durable demand.

What postings ask for

• AI product lifecycle leadership (premium | immediate): Local AI Product Manager postings were reported up more than 150% month over month, and AI-focused Product Managers are reported around $245,000 versus $123,000 for traditional PMs nationally. Who: Product managers, senior PMs, TPMs, and chiefs of staff trying to move into higher-value bets.
• Data literacy and AI-insight interpretation (differentiator | immediate): Employers increasingly expect project talent to interpret and manipulate data generated by AI tools to guide decisions. Who: Entry-level applicants, project managers, and career switchers who need a stronger analytical profile.
• Agentic workflow orchestration (premium | near-term): Agentic Workflow Orchestration is becoming a foundational project-management capability, and Gartner forecasts that 33% of enterprise software applications will include agentic AI by 2028, up from less than 1% in 2024. Who: Program managers, technical project managers, PMO leads, and ops-heavy candidates.
• AI risk governance and ethics (premium | near-term): AI Risk Governance & Ethics is emerging as a foundational capability for running autonomous workflows while preserving compliance, security, and human oversight. Who: Candidates targeting finance, healthcare, security, and enterprise platform environments.
• AI-enabled PM tool stack fluency (differentiator | immediate): Major work-management platforms now market AI features, including Asana, Monday.com, ClickUp, Jira, Wrike, Smartsheet, Notion, Motion, Dot, Teamwork.com, and Agiflow. Who: Anyone who will be asked to run planning, status, prioritization, or cross-team execution.
• Budget, schedule, and staffing discipline (table_stakes | immediate): BLS still defines project management specialists around coordinating a project's budget, schedule, staffing, and other details, so AI fluency does not replace execution basics. Who: Entry-level and mid-career candidates who want credibility beyond ceremonies and tools.

Questions about this market

What do Management, Product & Project roles pay in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ?

Local government wage data is strong but broad: the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro's management occupations group had a $171,990 median, $124,760 at the 25th percentile, and $231,060 at the 75th percentile in 2025. That sits well above the national median for project management specialists at $102,320 and above New York's mean offered salary on new management, product & project openings of about $114,324 in September 2026, based on a sample of 6,281 postings. The money is real, but much of the top end sits in executive, finance, and specialized management roles rather than generic project tracking work. In a metro where living costs run over 120% above the national baseline average and the local home price index was up +5.6% year over year, even strong six-figure offers do not automatically translate into easy lifestyle math.

Where is demand for Management, Product & Project roles in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ concentrated?

Real opportunity is concentrated where New York has budget, complexity, and regulated workflows. The most visible large-company demand includes JPMorgan Chase, Citi, Goldman Sachs, Google, and Amazon. That lines up with the underlying employer base: metro Professional and Business Services employment reached 1,622.3 thousand in August 2026 and was up 0.5641% year over year, while New York Financial Activities employment was 759.1 thousand and up +0.3% year over year. The category is active, but not evenly active. Revelio Public Labor Statistics counted about 119,567 active New York postings for management, product & project in September 2026, up 9.1% year over year, yet those openings are spread across a very large state market and not all sit inside this metro. The sharpest local edge appears around AI and venture-backed teams: AI Product Manager postings were reported up more than 150% month over month, and recent startup openings included product roles at Confido, Adaptive, Ande, Profound, Ramp, and Rillet, plus a program manager role at Cyera.

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Browse New York, NY openings by job title

• Project Manager: 282 open roles statewide
• Product Manager: 232 open roles statewide
• General Manager: 255 open roles statewide
• Associate Director: 214 open roles statewide
• Senior Manager: 182 open roles statewide
• Vice President: 159 open roles statewide
• Director: 112 open roles statewide
• Manager: 80 open roles statewide
• Executive Director: 74 open roles statewide

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