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Pharma Salary Data

Compensation benchmarks from 16,434 pharma and biotech job listings with salary data. Based on employer-provided ranges and industry benchmarks.

Salary by Department

Average salary ranges across pharma departments. Click any department to see matching jobs.

Engineering

1778 jobs
$103K—$578K
Range: $0K — $249600K

Commercial

3944 jobs
$125K—$400K
Range: $0K — $260000K

Biostatistics

11 jobs
$215K—$288K
Range: $172K — $433K

GTM

15 jobs
$157K—$284K
Range: $20K — $474K

Development

65 jobs
$202K—$280K
Range: $92K — $435K

Medical Affairs

595 jobs
$184K—$278K
Range: $0K — $528K

Government Affairs

16 jobs
$170K—$267K
Range: $114K — $343K

Pharmacovigilance

45 jobs
$175K—$265K
Range: $0K — $504K

Clinical Development

251 jobs
$189K—$265K
Range: $0K — $568K

Drug Safety

12 jobs
$200K—$264K
Range: $66K — $351K

Program Management

11 jobs
$190K—$259K
Range: $115K — $422K

Clinical

51 jobs
$199K—$251K
Range: $0K — $596K

Business Development

373 jobs
$163K—$247K
Range: $0K — $1280K

Management

12 jobs
$214K—$243K
Range: $90K — $417K

Corporate Functions

10 jobs
$215K—$242K
Range: $101K — $315K

Biometrics

16 jobs
$200K—$241K
Range: $133K — $362K

G&A

42 jobs
$180K—$240K
Range: $89K — $695K

Data Science

305 jobs
$153K—$226K
Range: $0K — $452K

Medical Writing

48 jobs
$127K—$222K
Range: $78K — $507K

Communications

74 jobs
$155K—$218K
Range: $0K — $461K

Real-World Evidence

115 jobs
$141K—$217K
Range: $0K — $398K

Legal

322 jobs
$149K—$215K
Range: $0K — $658K

Lab49

16 jobs
$179K—$214K
Range: $140K — $240K

Business Ops.

22 jobs
$148K—$210K
Range: $75K — $300K

Companion Diagnostics

16 jobs
$151K—$209K
Range: $78K — $253K

General & Administrative

10 jobs
$167K—$208K
Range: $65K — $340K

Pattern Corporate

19 jobs
$110K—$205K
Range: $52K — $365K

Regulatory Affairs

614 jobs
$142K—$204K
Range: $0K — $510K

YouVersion

11 jobs
$113K—$199K
Range: $88K — $286K

Project Management

185 jobs
$123K—$198K
Range: $42K — $381K

Clinical Operations

223 jobs
$130K—$198K
Range: $0K — $400K

Molecular Biology Informatics & Statistics

23 jobs
$157K—$197K
Range: $102K — $256K

Patient Engagement

36 jobs
$172K—$192K
Range: $0K — $230K

Finance

353 jobs
$135K—$191K
Range: $0K — $756K

Analytical

11 jobs
$162K—$189K
Range: $105K — $250K

Information Technology

33 jobs
$137K—$188K
Range: $0K — $329K

Product

57 jobs
$151K—$187K
Range: $44K — $421K

Professional

40 jobs
$130K—$181K
Range: $0K — $350K

Account Management

15 jobs
$107K—$179K
Range: $60K — $360K

IT

773 jobs
$125K—$178K
Range: $0K — $1000K

Research

20 jobs
$136K—$178K
Range: $0K — $398K

Brain Interfaces Hardware

16 jobs
$92K—$177K
Range: $0K — $291K

Clinical Supply

30 jobs
$113K—$170K
Range: $0K — $445K

Biology

15 jobs
$131K—$169K
Range: $61K — $340K

Technology

33 jobs
$133K—$156K
Range: $0K — $310K

Human Resources

303 jobs
$99K—$153K
Range: $0K — $605K

Quality Assurance

623 jobs
$101K—$150K
Range: $0K — $430K

Bio Development

14 jobs
$115K—$144K
Range: $42K — $335K

Customer Success

14 jobs
$95K—$140K
Range: $0K — $280K

Manufacturing

1305 jobs
$92K—$136K
Range: — — $1030K

Research & Development

2475 jobs
$90K—$132K
Range: $0K — $550K

Chemistry

13 jobs
$103K—$129K
Range: $0K — $285K

Customer Experience

26 jobs
$94K—$115K
Range: $0K — $190K

Supply Chain

776 jobs
$82K—$115K
Range: $0K — $465K

Clinics - Traveling Clinician

13 jobs
$94K—$106K
Range: $90K — $107K

Clinics - Clinician

31 jobs
$87K—$100K
Range: $73K — $115K

Pattern Fulfillment

13 jobs
$46K—$81K
Range: $0K — $371K

Technical

17 jobs
$53K—$69K
Range: $0K — $268K

Clinics - Baby Imaging Specialist

12 jobs
$41K—$41K
Range: $37K — $50K

Internal

87 jobs
$21K—$26K
Range: $0K — $207K

Internships

19 jobs
$0K—$0K
Range: $0K — $0K

Contractors

11 jobs
$0K—$0K
Range: $0K — $0K

Salary by Therapeutic Area

How compensation varies across disease areas. Oncology and rare disease typically command higher pay.

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