Typical comp shape
Technical program manager (TPM)s usually earn rsu + refresh grants. Common employers include Amazon, Microsoft, Alphabet. Amazon TPMs face the 5/15/20/60 back-loaded vesting schedule, which creates a massive year-four tax event without planning.
What Florida changes
Florida has no wage income tax, which is structurally favorable for technical program manager (tpm)s with meaningful RSU comp. The savings vs a CA-resident colleague can be $30-60k per year at senior IC levels. That math is why Austin and Seattle are the two top relocation destinations for Bay Area tech workers.
Planning cadence
For a technical program manager (tpm) in Florida, the three planning windows are: after each RSU vest (withholding check and sell-vs-hold), before any ISO exercise (AMT model at federal only), and in Q4 (estimated tax top-up to clear the safe harbor). A move-out question — if you're considering leaving Florida for a high-tax state, time it around vesting.