 Let's also talk about money. The salary differences between product owner and product manager is not significant but it's very obvious. Product manager in general are getting paid about 10% higher than the product owner. If you look up the general product manager salary in San Francisco area, the product manager's face salary is about $140,000 per year, and the product owner's face salary is about $127,000 per year. And this salary doesn't include the stake, the stock options, and equity. As a product manager, sometimes your salary can go all the way up to half million dollars.