2,750+ Product & Project Management Jobs in Washington, DC

Observed local government data shows Washington-area project management specialists at a $129,050 mean annual wage in May 2025. Broader annual 2025 BLS data for local management occupations shows a $165,010 median and $172,110 mean, which captures a higher-paid family than PM roles alone. Recent local posted pay is directionally lower and centers on about $120k to $170k, with a broader 25th-75th band of about $98k to $205k.

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Advertised pay

Across the 2,221 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $108,500 at the 25th percentile, $140,000 at the median and $176,450 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of October 17, 2026

Senior roles | Entry level | Remote | Posted this week

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What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

This is a selective market, not a dead one. Metro unemployment was 3.8% in August 2026, but total nonfarm employment was down -1.9610% year over year and professional and business services employment was down -2.1022%, which points to tighter white-collar hiring rather than broad expansion. At the same time, the local sample still showed more than 3,000 postings across more than 1,400 companies over the last 90 days, so opportunities exist if your background matches what employers are screening for. The catch is that the market skews experienced and in-person, with about 55% of openings at senior or lead+ levels and about 65% on-site.

Best positioned: Mid-career and senior candidates who can run cross-functional programs, handle stakeholder and risk work, own budgets, and work on-site or hybrid for IT consulting, public-sector, software, or defense-adjacent employers have the best odds right now.

Main caution: The biggest trap is assuming Washington's pay premium means broad access: only about 5% of sampled openings are entry level, only about 5% are remote, and less than 5% of postings that state a sponsorship policy mention visa sponsorship.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 2,968 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Capital One Group: 106 open roles
2. Amazon: 77 open roles
3. Jacobs Engineering Group: 39 open roles
4. Northrop Grumman Corp.: 34 open roles
5. Booz Allen: 33 open roles
6. Kpmg Us: 24 open roles
7. Leidos: 24 open roles
8. CACI International Inc.: 20 open roles
9. Marriott International, Inc.: 17 open roles
10. Capital One: 16 open roles

Where the openings are

• Washington: 723
• Arlington: 238
• McLean: 214
• Baltimore: 180
• Reston: 121
• Bethesda: 95
• Herndon: 78
• Alexandria: 71

Work arrangement

on-site 2,013 (69%), hybrid 733 (25%), remote 186 (6%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity is concentrated in a few employer types, not spread evenly across the market. In the local sample, the heaviest posting activity sits in IT services and IT consulting at about 20%, government & public sector at about 20%, software development at about 10%, and defense and space manufacturing at about 10%. Amazon and Capital One Group were among the most consistently active named employers, each with more than 75 postings in the last 90 days, but the overall employer base is fragmented rather than dominated by one company. A second concentration is seniority and work style. About 45% of postings are senior and about 10% are lead+, while only about 5% are entry level. About 65% are on-site and about 25% are hybrid, so candidates who need fully remote work are screening themselves out of most of the market before skills get evaluated. One caution: the sample also shows about 25% of postings in construction. Because construction project management belongs in a specialist track, candidates focused on commercial product, TPM, chief-of-staff, or white-collar program work should not assume all of that volume belongs to their lane.

• IT services and consulting (high): About 20% of sampled postings sit here, and the work maps well to program, project, delivery, and transformation roles that reward stakeholder, risk, and budget discipline.
• Government and public-sector-facing programs (moderate): About 20% of sampled postings are in government & public sector, which keeps Washington strong for governance-heavy program work, but this lane also carries more exposure to federal budget and restructuring risk.
• Software and platform employers (moderate): Software development accounts for about 10% of sampled postings, and Amazon and Capital One Group were among the most consistently active named employers in the last 90 days.
• Defense and space manufacturing-adjacent programs (moderate): About 10% of sampled postings sit in defense and space manufacturing, favoring candidates who can handle complex dependencies, compliance, and executive communication.

Where to focus: Prioritize enterprise program and project roles in IT consulting, government-facing teams, software, and defense-adjacent employers, and treat remote-only searching as a secondary lane.

Roles worth searching next

• Management analyst: It uses much of the same toolkit: stakeholder interviews, process improvement, decision support, and executive communication.
• Business analyst or product analyst: It is a practical bridge for candidates who have problem-framing strength but not enough direct PM title history.
• Data analyst in product or operations analytics: Data literacy is becoming core to product and program decisions, so analytics roles can reopen the door into product-adjacent work later.
• Compliance or risk analyst: Washington employers ask for risk management often, and regulated or government-facing environments value process discipline and documentation.

What postings ask for

• PMP (differentiator | immediate): PMP is the most common named credential in local postings, appearing in about 15% of postings under the short form and about 10% under the full name. Who: Mid-career project and program candidates who already have enough experience to qualify.
• Risk management (table_stakes | immediate): Risk management appears in about 25% of local postings, making it one of the clearest screening skills in this market. Who: Anyone targeting program, project, delivery, or public-sector-facing work.
• Stakeholder management (table_stakes | immediate): Stakeholder management shows up in about 20% of local postings, which fits Washington's bias toward multi-team, multi-approver work. Who: Career switchers and mid-career applicants who need to prove they can influence without direct authority.
• Budget management and strategic planning (premium | immediate): Budget management and strategic planning both appear repeatedly in local postings, and they are part of what separates coordinator-level work from higher-paid leadership tracks. Who: Mid-career and senior candidates aiming for chief-of-staff, senior program, or transformation roles.
• Jira and AI-enabled PM workflows (differentiator | immediate): Jira appears in about 10% of local postings, and leading 2026 AI project-management tools now include Jira AI, monday.com AI, Asana AI, ClickUp AI, Wrike AI, and Smartsheet AI. Project managers spend an average of 54% of their time on administrative work, so employers have a growing reason to prefer candidates who can automate routine coordination. Who: Project, delivery, and TPM candidates who want to look faster and more operationally mature.
• Data literacy (premium | near-term): Data literacy is described as a non-negotiable product-management skill in 2026 because employers increasingly expect PMs to interpret AI outputs and spot weak evidence. Who: Product managers, product-ops candidates, and switchers coming from non-analytical backgrounds.

Questions about this market

What do Management, Product & Project roles pay in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV?

Observed local government data shows Washington-area project management specialists at a $129,050 mean annual wage in May 2025. Broader annual 2025 BLS data for local management occupations shows a $165,010 median and $172,110 mean, which captures a higher-paid family than PM roles alone. Recent local posted pay is directionally lower and centers on about $120k to $170k, with a broader 25th-75th band of about $98k to $205k. This is a high-pay market by national standards. Washington business and financial operations occupations averaged $56.46 per hour locally versus $45.78 nationally, and project management specialists nationally had a $102,320 median annual wage.

Where is demand for Management, Product & Project roles in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV concentrated?

Real opportunity is concentrated in a few employer types, not spread evenly across the market. In the local sample, the heaviest posting activity sits in IT services and IT consulting at about 20%, government & public sector at about 20%, software development at about 10%, and defense and space manufacturing at about 10%. Amazon and Capital One Group were among the most consistently active named employers, each with more than 75 postings in the last 90 days, but the overall employer base is fragmented rather than dominated by one company. A second concentration is seniority and work style. About 45% of postings are senior and about 10% are lead+, while only about 5% are entry level. About 65% are on-site and about 25% are hybrid, so candidates who need fully remote work are screening themselves out of most of the market before skills get evaluated. One caution: the sample also shows about 25% of postings in construction. Because construction project management belongs in a specialist track, candidates focused on commercial product, TPM, chief-of-staff, or white-collar program work should not assume all of that volume belongs to their lane.

Which employers are hiring the most Management, Product & Project talent in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV?

Recent postings show the most activity from Amazon (75 postings), Capital One Group (75 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Management, Product & Project roles in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 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.

How current are these listings?

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