Product manager and data scientist pay in Pakistan: what 12 and 16 salary submissions can (and can't) tell you
Levels.fyi shows a PKR 4.01M median for product managers and PKR 3.96M for data scientists in Pakistan. Why such small samples need care.
Status: Reported Figures are published by Levels.fyi from self-submitted data, checked 6 Oct 2026. Very small samples; not employer-confirmed. What the labels mean.
Product managers and data scientists in Pakistan appear to out-earn software engineers on Levels.fyi. But look at how many people that’s based on.
When we checked Levels.fyi on 6 October 2026, two roles stood out next to software engineering:
| Role | Median, per year | Per month (our maths) | Submissions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Product Manager | PKR 4.01M | about PKR 334K | 12 |
| Data Scientist | PKR 3.96M | about PKR 330K | 16 |
| Software Engineer (for comparison) | PKR 3.14M | about PKR 262K | 148 |
Levels.fyi figures are total compensation. Monthly figures are our own conversions (yearly ÷ 12, rounded).
Why 12 and 16 submissions need care
A median of 12 numbers is simply the middle of 12 numbers. A couple of entries from very well-paid (or very low-paid) jobs can move it a long way. With 148 submissions, the software engineer median is still small, but it is more than twelve times the product manager sample and more than nine times the data scientist sample.
So the honest reading is:
- These medians tell you what some people in these roles, at the kinds of companies whose employees use Levels.fyi, have reported.
- They don’t tell you what a typical product manager or data scientist in Pakistan earns, or that these roles reliably pay more than software engineering.
Same caveats as every Levels.fyi number
As we explain in our software engineer salary breakdown, Levels.fyi counts total compensation, and its submitters likely skew towards higher-paying tech companies. For software engineers, PayScale’s base-pay median was less than a third of the Levels.fyi figure. We haven’t compared a second source for these two roles yet, so treat these numbers as one data point, not a market rate.
How to use them
- Treat them as an upper reference for tech-company roles, not as the norm.
- Ask whether an offer is base or total, and compare like with like.
- Talk to peers. With samples this small, two conversations with people in the role can tell you as much as the data.
- Check the source pages yourself. The submission counts change as more people add data.
What we’ll do next
We’ll add a second source for product manager and data scientist pay when we find one with a stated sample size, and show both side by side, as we did for software engineers.
Work in one of these roles and know a reliable salary source for Pakistan? Tell us. We verify before we post.
Sources
- Levels.fyi, Product Manager salary in Pakistan . Checked 6 Oct 2026 . 12 submissions
- Levels.fyi, Data Scientist salary in Pakistan . Checked 6 Oct 2026 . 16 submissions
- Levels.fyi, Software Engineer salary in Pakistan . Checked 6 Oct 2026 . 148 submissions, total compensation (for comparison)
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