Program Manager - Federal Salaries of 2021

Pay Rates for "Program Manager"

How much does a Program Manager in the federal government get paid? $156,884.50* *Based on the 2021 average.

9,933 EMPLOYEES

$1.48B TOTAL SALARY

GS MOST COMMON PAYSCALE

Program Manager was the 35th most popular job in the U.S. Government in 2021, with 9,933 employed. The most common payscale was the general schedule payscale.

In 2021, the Internal Revenue Service hired the most employees titled Program Management, with an average salary of $141,643.

Agencies that have hired a Program Manager

Agency	Employees Hired	Average Salary
Internal Revenue Service	1,116	$141,642.62
Customs and Border Protection	850	$151,424.50
Federal Aviation Administration	750	$178,491.70
Forest Service	692	$115,747.80
Department of Energy	404	$167,567.77
Transportation Security Administration	402	$155,877.50
Veterans Health Administration	335	$126,209.41
Environmental Protection Agency	259	$185,160.14
Bureau of Land Management	240	$131,736.23
U.S. Agency for International Development	229	$175,963.49
Small Business Administration	195	$157,984.65
Veterans Benefits Administration	189	$163,336.97
Federal Bureau of Investigation	180	$164,392.30
Federal Highway Administration	179	$157,769.54
Federal Emergency Management Agency	148	$141,855.37
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services	142	$179,606.94
Office of Personnel Management	137	$147,820.47
Indian Affairs	116	$138,462.84
Department of State	115	$151,405.56
Bureau of the Fiscal Service	114	$163,675.30
Bureau of the Census	112	$168,817.79
Citizenship and Immigration Services	109	$167,728.37
National Park Service	103	$153,667.72
Food Safety and Inspection Service	101	$161,039.37
Department of Homeland Security Headquarters	96	$165,056.20
U.S. Coast Guard	83	$147,594.70
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	74	$171,403.01
Peace Corps	70	$158,294.37
Foreign Agricultural Service	69	$157,303.68
Food and Nutrition Service	69	$168,063.90
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration	69	$149,642.96
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration	64	$172,634.84
Immigration and Customs Enforcement	64	$161,764.02
Science and Technology Directorate	61	$168,932.82
Federal Acquisition Service	60	$174,252.62
Office of the Secretary of the Interior	58	$176,561.60
Selective Service System	54	$134,946.22
Bureau of Reclamation	54	$158,291.49
Employment and Training Administration	51	$170,520.73
Social Security Administration	48	$178,421.02
National Science Foundation	46	$182,726.80
Public Buildings Service	46	$170,181.83
National Protection and Programs Directorate	45	$164,412.91
Offices, Boards and Divisions	43	$156,482.70
Food and Drug Administration	41	$169,426.29
Nuclear Regulatory Commission	40	$177,667.30
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission	39	$180,839.97
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology	39	$146,684.92
Headquarters, Nasa	39	$163,132.33
Securities and Exchange Commission	38	$262,029.11
Office of Secretary of Transportation	35	$183,150.63
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	35	$171,284.69
U.S. Secret Service	35	$151,551.68
Risk Management Agency	34	$141,869.21
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Acquisition and Logistics	31	$157,901.94
Office of the Inspector General (Department of Justice)	29	$167,492.52
Indian Health Service	25	$167,215.00
Federal Student Aid	24	$188,054.04
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission	24	$186,435.29
National Archives and Records Administration	24	$164,109.25
Federal Transit Administration	23	$176,969.35
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management	23	$166,593.04
Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement	22	$157,802.50
National Institute of Standards and Technology	22	$168,590.77
Smithsonian Institution (Exchange Sep Boards of Trust)	21	$164,194.29
Bureau of Engraving and Printing	21	$164,292.52
National Labor Relations Board	19	$188,432.58
Patent and Trademark Office	18	$182,484.11
Office of the Secretary (Department of Veterans Affairs)	18	$163,237.11
Pipeline/Hazardous Materials Safety Administration	18	$168,321.61
Rural Housing Service	17	$175,221.65
Departmental Offices	17	$169,827.12
National Cemetery Administration	17	$175,892.53
National Transportation Safety Board	17	$192,085.65
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	16	$176,013.63
Office Secretary Health and Human Services	15	$178,185.47
Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers	15	$138,539.67
Federal Railroad Administration	14	$179,475.50
Office of the Chief Financial Officer (Department of Agriculture)	13	$159,928.85
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation	13	$180,609.23
Consumer Product Safety Commission	13	$177,597.85
Program Support Center	13	$164,591.23
Geological Survey	13	$169,202.38
	13	$172,783.08
Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner	12	$162,989.00
Mine Safety and Health Administration	12	$176,047.67
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau	12	$187,676.30
National Telecommunications and Information Administration	11	$163,377.18
Health Resources and Services Administration	11	$194,202.64
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Finance	11	$128,843.27
Veterans Customer Exper (Vce)	10	$156,151.70
Maritime Administration	10	$180,820.80
Office of the Inspector General (Department of Agriculture)	10	$166,534.30
Office of Inspector General (Department of Health and Human Services)	10	$174,143.30
Office of the Inspector General (Department of Homeland Security)	10	$175,629.20
Office of Justice Programs	10	$172,272.50
Office of Governmentwide Policy	10	$180,553.70
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education	9	$166,055.89
Presidio Trust	9	$151,926.44
U.S. Marshals Service	8	$166,012.13
Office Assistant Secretary Administration and Management	8	$157,267.88
Langley Research Center	8	$141,451.63
Goddard Space Flight Center	8	$154,059.00
Administration for Children and Families	8	$175,484.75
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing	7	$168,920.86
Drug Enforcement Administration	7	$180,305.14
Office of the Secretary (Department of Commerce)	7	$186,070.00
National Technical Information Service	7	$146,541.43
U.S. Mint	7	$166,165.57
Department of Veterans Affairs	7	$165,533.57
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service	6	$171,875.83
Departmental Administration	6	$174,323.00
Office of Senior Coordinator for Southeast/Caribbean	6	$149,436.17
Broadcasting Board of Governors	6	$149,139.67
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, & Explosives	6	$187,033.00
Office of Inspector General (General Services Administration)	6	$193,943.50
National Institutes of Health	6	$209,693.33
Office of Inspector General for Tax Administration	6	$174,255.50
Office of Comptroller of Currency	5	$208,339.40
Electronic Health Record Modernization	5	$161,443.80
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Office of Resolution Management	5	$160,811.60
Immediate Office of Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology	5	$171,429.40
Office of Senior Coordinator for Southwest	5	$163,348.40
Bureau of Safety & Environmental Enforcement	5	$178,660.40
Federal Maritime Commission	5	$181,074.40
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board	5	$182,588.20
Fpac Business Center	5	$165,540.60
Federal Labor Relations Authority	5	$184,942.40
Federal Trade Commission	5	$172,177.40
Office of Disability Employment Policy	4	$177,450.00
Occupational Safety and Health Administration	4	$175,825.00
Veterans Employment and Training Service	4	$165,150.00
Office of Postsecondary Education	4	$187,425.00
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation	4	$193,802.00
George C. Marshall Space Flight Center	4	$162,675.00
Office of Senior Coordinator for Mid-Atlantic	4	$170,107.25
Office of Senior Coordinator for Pacific/Hawaii	4	$170,622.00
Ames Research Center	4	$175,519.75
Administration for Community Living	4	$185,637.50
Office of the General Counsel (Department of Agriculture)	4	$181,652.25
Economic Development Administration	4	$156,463.50
Agricultural Research Service	3	$182,354.33
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board	3	$195,677.67
Utah Reclamation Mitigation & Conservation Commission	3	$143,596.00
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration	3	$163,648.33
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Emergency Management	3	$189,571.67
Immediate Office of Assistant Secretary for Policy & Planning	3	$179,989.00
Executive Office for Immigration Review	3	$172,500.00
Community Relations Service	3	$180,052.33
Export-Import Bank of the United States	3	$184,782.67
Office of the Director	3	$150,556.33
Office of Mission Assurance	3	$174,875.00
Office of Inspector General (Federal Housing Finance Agency)	3	$202,869.00
Office of Senior Coordinator for Midwest	3	$161,960.33
Office of the Chief Human Capital Office	3	$168,558.67
Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity	3	$175,833.33
	3	$165,934.00
Government Printing Office	3	$147,200.67
Office of Senior Coordinator for New York/New Jersey	2	$172,500.00
Office of Senior Coordinator for Great Plains	2	$149,273.50
Office of Senior Coordinator for Northwest/Alaska	2	$163,918.50
Government National Mortgage Association	2	$162,360.00
Office of Secretary of Labor	2	$193,300.00
Office of Intergovernmental and Interagency Affairs	2	$173,821.00
Pretrial Services Agency	2	$191,900.00
Election Assistance Commission	2	$143,048.00
American Battle Monuments Commission	2	$140,121.50
Office of the Secretary of Agriculture	2	$175,167.00
Natural Resources Conservation Service	2	$170,468.00
Merit Systems Protection Board	2	$178,920.50
Commission on Civil Rights	2	$171,618.50
Office of the Inspector General (Department of Commerce)	2	$196,965.50
Immediate Office of the Assistant Secretary for Management	2	$172,249.00
Immigration Office Assistant Secretary Operations, Security, and Preparedness	2	$177,635.50
Exe Dir for Identity, Cred, Access Management	2	$172,500.00
Office of the Committee for Purchase from People Blind	2	$141,908.00
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation	2	$151,118.00
Domestic Nuclear Detection Office	2	$189,189.00
St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation	2	$192,185.00
Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program	2	$193,650.00
John C. Stennis Space Center	1	$128,678.00
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center	1	$172,009.00
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars	1	$114,059.00
U.S. International Trade Commission	1	$184,651.00
Office of Inspector General (Department of Transportation)	1	$148,932.00
Board of Veterans Appeals	1	$178,811.00
Inspector General (Department of Veterans Affairs)	1	$190,249.00
Immediate Office of Assistant Secretary for Human Resolution & Administration	1	$168,150.00
Assistant Secretary for Human Resources Management	1	$163,345.00
Assistant Secretary for Diversity & Inclusion	1	$153,737.00
Office of Enterprise Operations	1	$147,034.00
Deputy Assistant Secretary Security & Law Enforcement	1	$101,358.00
Office of Assistant Secretary Public & Intergovernmental Affairs	1	$181,407.00
Deputy Assistant Secretary Intergovernmental Affairs	1	$187,750.00
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Congressional Affairs	1	$172,500.00
	1	$183,300.00
Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System	1	$159,286.00
Bureau of International Labor Affairs	1	$158,500.00
Office of the Inspector General (Department of Labor)	1	$197,300.00
Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs	1	$174,000.00
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs	1	$199,300.00
Office of Public Affairs	1	$158,500.00
Office of Assistant Secretary for Policy	1	$158,500.00
Office of the Solicitor (Department of Labor)	1	$158,500.00
Denali Commission	1	$90,264.00
Office of Administration	1	$172,500.00
Immigration Office of Secretary of Education	1	$197,231.00
Office for Civil Rights	1	$185,048.00
Office of Inspector General (Department of Education)	1	$192,300.00
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Service	1	$186,858.00
Institute of Education Sciences	1	$200,300.00
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council	1	$183,300.00
Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council	1	$194,086.00
Immediate Office of the Administrator	1	$168,400.00
Office of Administrative Services	1	$190,665.00
Office of Civil Rights (General Services Administration)	1	$182,850.00
Office of Small Business Utilization	1	$132,552.00
Office of the Chief Financial Officer (General Services Administration)	1	$172,500.00
Office of the Human Resources Management	1	$172,500.00
Office of Congressional & Intergovernmental Affairs (General Services Administration)	1	$144,865.00
Office of Senior Coordinator for New England	1	$166,384.00
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development	1	$144,128.00
Office of the Chief Financial Officer (Department of Housing and Urban Development)	1	$197,123.00
Office of Inspector General (Department of Housing and Urban Development)	1	$194,000.00
Office of Field Policy and Management	1	$177,500.00
Office of Healthy Homes & Lead Hazard Control	1	$160,041.00
Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Resolution	1	$172,500.00
Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency	1	$139,366.00
Office of the Inspector General (Department of Interior)	1	$127,885.00
U.S. Tax Court	1	$109,146.00
Marine Mammal Commission	1	$94,913.00
Office of General Services Administration Innovative Technologies	1	$172,500.00
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Service Administration	1	$157,083.00
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality	1	$199,300.00
Federal Housing Finance Agency	1	$194,809.00
Administrative Conference of the United States	1	$200,000.00
Agricultural Marketing Service	1	$196,309.00
Civil Rights	1	$199,300.00
Farm Service Agency	1	$176,500.00
Homeland Security Staff	1	$186,501.00
National Endowment for the Arts	1	$177,020.00
National Endowment for the Humanities	1	$183,300.00
Arctic Research Commission	1	$183,300.00
Minority Business Development Agency	1	$140,378.00

Program Manager Pay Distribution

The average pay for a Program Manager is $156,884.50. The highest paid Program Manager made $350,713 in 2021.

Common Program Manager Payscales

Payscale	Number of Program Management Employees
GS - General Schedule	5,137
ES - Senior Executive Service	1,982
IR - Internal Revenue Service Broadband Classification And Pay System Positions Only	894
FV - Federal Aviation Administration Core Compensation Plan	585
SV - Transportation Security Administration Employees Other Than Executives	312
EV - Federal Aviation Administration Executive Compensation Plan	161
FO - Foreign Service Officers	103
AD - Administratively Determined Rates, Not Elsewhere Specified	95
SW - Transportation Security Administration Executives	90
FE - Senior Foreign Service	83
IC - Employees Holding Incident Management Cadre Of On-call Response/recovery Employees(core)positions	75
FP - Foreign Service Personnel	69
ZA - Administrative	68
EX - Executive Pay	47
SL - Senior Level Positions	46
SO - Executive Positions Employed By The Securities And Exchange Commission (sec) And Formerly Under The Es Pay Pla	36
GG - Grades Similar To General Schedule	33
NQ - Employees In The National Nuclear Secuirty Administration's Professional, Technical, And Admin Career Path	32
EN - National Nuclear Security Administration Excepted Service Only	25
EJ - The Department Of Energy Organization Act Excepted Service	22
NB - Office Of The Comptroller Of The Currency Only	5
SR - Statutory Rates Not Elsewhere Specified	4
GM - Employees Covered By The Performance Management And Recognition System (pmrs) Termination Provisions	4
CG - Corporate Graded	4
IG - Inspectors General Whose Rate Of Basic Pay Is Set At Level Iii Of The Executive Schedule Plus 3 Percent	4
PG - Printing Office Grades	3
EE - Expert (other)	3
FJ - Officials On Noncareer Appointments	3
LL - Executives At The Federal Housing Finance Agency	2
EL - Non-executive Positions At The Federal Housing Finance Agency	2
* - Invalid	1
EF - Consultant (5 U.s.c. 3109)	1
ZP - Scientific And Engineering Professional	1
ZZ - Nonapplicable	1

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Average Program Management Pay Trend from 2004 to 2021

In 2004, the average pay for a Program Manager was $111,519. Since then, the average pay has increased to $156,885 in 2021.

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The series code of this occupation is 0340.