Technical product managers rate their happiness above average.
At CareerExplorer, we conduct an ongoing survey with millions of people and ask them how satisfied they are with their careers. As it turns out, technical product managers rate their career happiness 3.4 out of 5 stars which puts them in the top 38% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy technical product managers are to similar careers in the industry. Take a look at the results below:
Salaries and satisfaction ratings in similar careers
| Career | Satisfaction | Avg Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Industrial designer | 3.5 | $62k |
| App developer | 3.5 | $71k |
| Franchise owner | 3.4 | $58k |
| Full stack developer | 3.4 | $70k |
| Back-End developer | 3.4 | $67k |
| Technical product manager | 3.4 | $78k |
| Systems architect | 3.4 | $102k |
| Systems engineer | 3.4 | $100k |
| Network architect | 3.4 | $109k |
| Database architect | 3.3 | $90k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are technical product managers happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do technical product managers find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as technical product managers?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are technical product manager’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are technical product managers making the best use of their abilities?
Are technical product managers happy with their salary?
Technical product managers rated their satisfaction with their salaries 3.6/5. The majority of technical product managers are quite happy with their salaries, with very few having complaints about their income level.
We asked technical product managers how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
3.6 out of 5 stars
133 technical product managers
26% of technical product managers rated their compensation 5 stars
34% of technical product managers rated their compensation 4 stars
19% of technical product managers rated their compensation 3 stars
13% of technical product managers rated their compensation 2 stars
8% of technical product managers rated their compensation 1 stars
Do technical product managers find their jobs meaningful?
On average, technical product managers rate the meaningfulness of their work a 3.1/5. Most tend to be satisified with the level of meaning they find in their careers.
We asked technical product managers how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
3.1 out of 5 stars
135 technical product managers
15% of technical product managers rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
24% of technical product managers rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
27% of technical product managers rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
23% of technical product managers rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
11% of technical product managers rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as technical product managers?
Technical product managers rated their personality fit with their work an average of 4.2/5. The majority of technical product managers find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked technical product managers how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
4.2 out of 5 stars
135 technical product managers
41% of technical product managers rated their career fit 5 stars
39% of technical product managers rated their career fit 4 stars
13% of technical product managers rated their career fit 3 stars
6% of technical product managers rated their career fit 2 stars
How enjoyable is a technical product manager’s work environment?
As a whole, technical product managers rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.8/5. A solid majority of technical product managers enjoy their work environment, probably contributing to overall higher satisfaction with working as a technical product manager.
We asked technical product managers how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.8 out of 5 stars
136 technical product managers
33% of technical product managers rated their work environment 5 stars
34% of technical product managers rated their work environment 4 stars
19% of technical product managers rated their work environment 3 stars
9% of technical product managers rated their work environment 2 stars
5% of technical product managers rated their work environment 1 stars
Are technical product managers making the best use of their abilities?
Former technical product managers on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 3.5/5. Most technical product managers are satisfied with how well their abilities are skills are made of use.
We asked technical product managers how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
3.5 out of 5 stars
135 technical product managers
24% of technical product managers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
24% of technical product managers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
33% of technical product managers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
14% of technical product managers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
4% of technical product managers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars