Best cities for product jobs
Key facts
- #1 New York, NY: 738 openings
- #2 San Francisco, CA: 630 openings
- #3 Seattle, WA: 257 openings
- 20 cities ranked in the United States
- Data as of November 2026
- 1New York NY738 openings
- 2San Francisco CA630 openings
- 3Seattle WA257 openings
- 4Boston MA173 openings
- 5Austin TX160 openings
- 6Chicago IL149 openings
- 7San Jose CA112 openings
- 8Mountain View CA106 openings
- 9Atlanta GA105 openings
- 10Los Angeles CA97 openings
What stands out
- The lead is wide: New York (738 openings) is well clear of Los Angeles at #10 (97 openings).
- New York is the largest market in the top ten, with 738 openings behind its figure.
- Cities with fewer than 50 openings are not ranked, and small differences between neighbouring ranks are not meaningful.
Why this ranking matters
What it shows
The cities with the most openings in one job family show where that kind of work is concentrated. It counts the open professional roles on employer career sites that we verified in the last week.
How to use it
Pick your job family, look at the top cities and their employers, then open the family page for titles and pay.
The top 25
- 1
New York NY
738 openings
- Share of the city's openings
- 4%
- Median posted pay
- $210k
- All openings in the city
- 20,589
Hiring most here: Amazon, Publicis Groupe, Morgan Stanley
Based on 738 openings.
- 2
San Francisco CA
630 openings
- Share of the city's openings
- 5%
- Median posted pay
- $225k
- All openings in the city
- 11,798
Hiring most here: OpenAI, Anthropic, University Of California San Francisco Foundation
Based on 630 openings.
- 3
Seattle WA
257 openings
- Share of the city's openings
- 5%
- Median posted pay
- $205k
- All openings in the city
- 5,343
Hiring most here: Amazon, Blue Origin, Shield AI
Based on 257 openings.
- 4
Boston MA
173 openings
- Share of the city's openings
- 3%
- Median posted pay
- $185k
- All openings in the city
- 5,143
Hiring most here: Vertex Pharmaceuticals, State Street, Confidential
Based on 173 openings.
- 5
Austin TX
160 openings
- Share of the city's openings
- 3%
- Median posted pay
- $200k
- All openings in the city
- 5,903
Hiring most here: Amazon, Advanced Micro Devices, Cloudflare
Based on 160 openings.
- 6
Chicago IL
149 openings
- Share of the city's openings
- 2%
- Median posted pay
- $161k
- All openings in the city
- 7,607
Hiring most here: Publicis Groupe, Northern Trust, Confidential
Based on 149 openings.
- 7
San Jose CA
112 openings
- Share of the city's openings
- 5%
- Median posted pay
- $260k
- All openings in the city
- 2,379
Hiring most here: Super Micro Computer, Advanced Micro Devices, Cisco Systems
Based on 112 openings.
- 8
Mountain View CA
106 openings
- Share of the city's openings
- 7%
- Median posted pay
- $230k
- All openings in the city
- 1,515
Hiring most here: Intuit, Waymo, Google
Based on 106 openings.
- 9
Atlanta GA
105 openings
- Share of the city's openings
- 2%
- Median posted pay
- $160k
- All openings in the city
- 5,566
Hiring most here: Emory University, Oxford College of Emory University, Capgemini Invent
Based on 105 openings.
- 10
Los Angeles CA
97 openings
- Share of the city's openings
- 2%
- Median posted pay
- $175k
- All openings in the city
- 5,126
Hiring most here: K2 Space, Cedars-sinai Medical Center, Apex Space
Based on 97 openings.
- 11
Charlotte NC
81 openings
- Share of the city's openings
- 3%
- Median posted pay
- Not enough pay data
- All openings in the city
- 3,198
Hiring most here: Truist Financial, Scout Motors, SMBC Americas
Based on 81 openings.
- 12
Santa Clara CA
80 openings
- Share of the city's openings
- 5%
- Median posted pay
- $248k
- All openings in the city
- 1,530
Hiring most here: Pure Storage, Advanced Micro Devices, Amazon
Based on 80 openings.
- 13
Bellevue WA
74 openings
- Share of the city's openings
- 5%
- Median posted pay
- $222k
- All openings in the city
- 1,396
Hiring most here: Amazon, TerraPower, Okta
Based on 74 openings.
- 14
Sunnyvale CA
72 openings
- Share of the city's openings
- 5%
- Median posted pay
- $225k
- All openings in the city
- 1,556
Hiring most here: Applied Intuition, Wayve, Amazon
Based on 72 openings.
- 15
Palo Alto CA
71 openings
- Share of the city's openings
- 6%
- Median posted pay
- $222k
- All openings in the city
- 1,237
Hiring most here: SpaceX, Rivian Automotive, Stanford Health Care
Based on 71 openings.
- 16
New York NY
66 openings
- Share of the city's openings
- 0%
- Median posted pay
- $168k
- All openings in the city
- 20,589
Hiring most here: Amazon, Publicis Groupe, Morgan Stanley
Based on 66 openings.
- 17
Dallas TX
64 openings
- Share of the city's openings
- 1%
- Median posted pay
- Not enough pay data
- All openings in the city
- 4,429
Hiring most here: Amazon, Shield AI, Texas Instruments
Based on 64 openings.
- 18
San Diego CA
59 openings
- Share of the city's openings
- 2%
- Median posted pay
- $218k
- All openings in the city
- 3,085
Hiring most here: Qualcomm Inc/De, Qualcomm Technologies, General Atomics
Based on 59 openings.
- 19
Denver CO
58 openings
- Share of the city's openings
- 2%
- Median posted pay
- $186k
- All openings in the city
- 2,867
Hiring most here: True Anomaly, Blue Origin, Amazon
Based on 58 openings.
Full ranking
All 20 cities that qualified, with the figure each is ranked on.
| Rank | City | Score | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York NY | 738 openings | 738 |
| 2 | San Francisco CA | 630 openings | 630 |
| 3 | Seattle WA | 257 openings | 257 |
| 4 | Boston MA | 173 openings | 173 |
| 5 | Austin TX | 160 openings | 160 |
| 6 | Chicago IL | 149 openings | 149 |
| 7 | San Jose CA | 112 openings | 112 |
| 8 | Mountain View CA | 106 openings | 106 |
| 9 | Atlanta GA | 105 openings | 105 |
| 10 | Los Angeles CA | 97 openings | 97 |
| 11 | Charlotte NC | 81 openings | 81 |
| 12 | Santa Clara CA | 80 openings | 80 |
| 13 | Bellevue WA | 74 openings | 74 |
| 14 | Sunnyvale CA | 72 openings | 72 |
| 15 | Palo Alto CA | 71 openings | 71 |
| 16 | New York NY | 66 openings | 66 |
| 17 | Dallas TX | 64 openings | 64 |
| 18 | San Diego CA | 59 openings | 59 |
| 19 | Denver CO | 58 openings | 58 |
| 20 | San Mateo CA | 58 openings | 58 |
The jobs behind this ranking
Open product jobs, who is hiring for them and what they pay.
- Product jobs
- Top Product employers
- Senior Product Manager 745
- Product Manager 713
- Principal Product Manager 267
- Staff Product Manager 207
- Sr. Product Manager 133
- Technical Product Manager 110
- Lead Product Manager 102
- Product Owner 94
Job titles link to their salary page where pay is posted, otherwise to the open jobs.
How this ranking works
A city is ranked on the number of its open professional roles in this job family, as classed from the posting title and text. Median pay uses only listings that post a salary, shown where at least 8 do.
Only roles verified on the employer's own career site in the last week are counted.
A city where one employer posts more than 50% of its openings is not ranked, so a single company cannot decide a city's score.
Sample bar: cities with fewer than 50 openings are not ranked.
Sources: NextChapter job data: open professional roles on employer career sites, verified in the last week. Data as of November 2026.
Our job data covers professional roles on the career sites of employers we track, so figures describe that market, not every job. Spot an error? Tell us.
Questions
- Which city ranks first: best cities for product jobs?
- New York has the most openings in this job family in the United States: 738 openings.
- How many cities are ranked?
- 20 cities have at least 50 openings, so the list has 20 entries.
- How is the ranking calculated?
- A city is ranked on the number of its open professional roles in this job family, as classed from the posting title and text. Median pay uses only listings that post a salary, shown where at least 8 do. Only roles verified on the employer's own career site in the last week are counted. A city where one employer posts more than 50% of its openings is not ranked, so a single company cannot decide a city's score.
- How often is it updated?
- Every month. This is the November 2026 edition. Older editions stay on this site at their own dated addresses.
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Cite this ranking
NextChapter, “Best cities for product jobs,” November 2026 edition. https://launchyournextchapter.com/rankings/best-cities-for-product-jobs
Link to it: <a href="https://launchyournextchapter.com/rankings/best-cities-for-product-jobs">Best cities for product jobs (NextChapter, November 2026)</a>
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