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Product Owner Career Market Report 2026

1,272 active jobs. 537 companies. Median salary $117K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

1,272
Active Job Openings
537
Companies Hiring
$117K
Median Salary (US)
69%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The Product Owner market data on this page is updated daily from 800,000+ active job postings across 20 ATS platforms.

Greenhouse Lever Workday Ashby SmartRecruiters Workable + 14 more ATS sources

Salary: Extracted via NLP. Only USD $5K-$3M included. Skills: Named entity recognition, noise-filtered (generic soft skills excluded). Experience: Inferred from title + description. Coverage: 69% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $117K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $94K to $186K.

AI/LLM is the most-demanded skill at 37%

SCRUM demand rose +7.9pp — fastest-growing skill

Ms leads hiring with 23 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Senior → Lead (+$30K, +28%)

Salary increase: +$30K · Sample: Senior → Lead

AI automation risk: medium-high (score 70/100)

Score: 70/100 · AI/LLM demand: 37% of postings

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90
Senior37$93K$108K$154K
Mid-Level33$91K$111K$185K
Director8$120K$168K$186K
Manager6$117K$125K$169K
Staff5$144K$159K$178K
Junior3$101K$111K$140K
Lead3$112K$138K$145K

What jumps out

Senior → Lead: +$30K (28%) — the biggest single-step increase. The salary curve is back-loaded: the largest raises come at transitions where scope changes from executing tasks to owning outcomes, or from owning outcomes to shaping architecture across teams.

Salary by Country

CountryJobsMedianCurrency
United States70$125KUSD
Remote10$130KUSD
United Kingdom4$8KUSD

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site1.7%
Remote10.7%
Hybrid4.6%

~80% of postings do not specify work mode. Figures show only positions where it is explicitly stated.

Top Skills in Demand

AI/LLM
37%
SCRUM
35%
Project Management
12%
Quality Assurance
12%
R
10%
DevOps
10%
Azure
9%
SQL
8%
Data Analysis
7%
AWS
7%
Salesforce
6%
CI/CD
5%

Skills on the Rise

SCRUM ↑+7.9ppAI/LLM ↑+7.7ppSalesforce ↑+6.0ppCI/CD ↑+4.6ppQuality Assurance ↑+4.0pp

Declining in Demand

Agile ↓-47.6ppStakeholder Management ↓-13.7ppJournalism ↓-11.9ppSustainability ↓-6.9ppChange Management ↓-5.2pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Ms231.8%
Toss181.4%
Sanofi171.3%
Devoteam161.3%
Fundraiseup141.1%
Soprasteria131.0%
Barclays120.9%
Micron110.9%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States272
India100
France88
Remote55
United Kingdom43
Germany32
Canada29
Poland22

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree54.7%480
Master's Degree12.1%106
Bachelor's Degree9.1%80
MBA0.7%6
PhD / Doctorate0.6%5

Certifications

Certified Scrum Master (3%)MBA (2%)PMP (2%)ITIL (2%)

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