Technical project managers in the US bill roughly $45 to $120 per hour on vetted marketplaces, $100 to $190 through agencies, and earn $85,000 to $145,000 full-time. Software delivery experience is what separates the top of this band from general project coordination.
Vetted marketplace
$45–120
per hour · USA, 2026
Vetted marketplace · like HireDeveloperUSA.com
$45–$120/hour
Development agency
$100–$190/hour
In-house full-time · base salary
$85,000–$145,000/year
Add 25–40% for benefits, payroll taxes and overhead before comparing with hourly project managers rates.
Junior
$45 – $62/hour
Mid-level
$62 – $90/hour
Senior
$90 – $120/hour
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$45 to $120 per hour on a vetted marketplace, $100 to $190 through an agency, or $85,000 to $145,000 full-time.
Below about six engineers, usually not. A tech lead plus a disciplined weekly rhythm covers it, and the money is better spent on delivery.
Project managers own the plan and the dependencies; product managers own what gets built and why. Hiring one when you needed the other is the most common mismatch in this category.
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