Clinical trials salary: $208K median
The median advertised Clinical trials salary is $208K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $152K to $238K: counted from 680 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $100 an hour or $17,292 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $298K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll Clinical trials jobs
$208Kmedian advertised salary
$152K – $238Kmiddle half of roles
$202Kaverage advertised salary
680roles counted
Clinical trials salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $231K, 40% more than senior roles ($165K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $165K | $145K–$190K | 105 |
| Lead and above | $231K | $200K–$275K | 314 |
| No level in the title | $163K | $119K–$215K | 260 |
Clinical trials salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA | $220K | 18 |
| 🇺🇸Texas | $215K | 15 |
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $214K | 76 |
| 🇺🇸California | $212K | 113 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $209K | 581 |
| 🇺🇸New York, NY | $209K | 88 |
| 🇺🇸Boston, MA | $208K | 105 |
| 🇺🇸Chicago, IL | $135K | 15 |
Skills that pay more for Clinical trials roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Product marketing | $215K | +$8K | 100 |
| Prior authorization | $215K | +$8K | 83 |
| Pharmacy | $215K | +$8K | 184 |
| Microsoft Office | $215K | +$8K | 128 |
| Driver's license | $215K | +$8K | 92 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Mineralys Therapeutics | $355K | 3 |
| Anthropic | $328K | 8 |
| Tend | $300K | 7 |
| Insitro | $281K | 6 |
| Beeline Medicines | $278K | 16 |
| Bicara Therapeutics | $266K | 3 |
| Kardigan | $261K | 18 |
| Rivia Mind - Mental Healthcare | $260K | 9 |
| Abridge | $250K | 3 |
| OpenAI | $242K | 7 |
| Mirum Pharmaceuticals | $238K | 9 |
| Databricks | $234K | 3 |
| Celea Therapeutics | $232K | 7 |
| Neko Health | $231K | 4 |
| Lyell Immunopharma | $230K | 3 |
| Tango Therapeutics | $226K | 12 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals | $226K | 12 |
| Eikon Therapeutics | $218K | 10 |
| Kailera Therapeutics, Inc. | $218K | 13 |
| Dyne Therapeutics | $218K | 10 |
| Summit Therapeutics | $215K | 137 |
| Definium Therapeutics | $215K | 7 |
| Heartflow | $214K | 7 |
| Hinge Health | $212K | 3 |
| Headway | $212K | 3 |
Highest-paying open Clinical trials roles
All Clinical trials jobs- Manager, Enterprise Sales - PharmaAnthropic · 🇺🇸Boston, MA; San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$450K - $700KSolution sellingRegulatory complianceGMP
- Senior Vice President, Medical AffairsTango Therapeutics · 🇺🇸Boston, MA$372K - $558KLead and aboveProduct marketingRegulatory complianceClinical trials
- Research Engineer / Research Scientist, HealthOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$380K - $500KMachine LearningLLM evaluationReinforcement learning
- Managing Clinical DirectorTend · 🇺🇸Boston, MA$216K - $500KLead and abovePerformance managementClinical trialsCPR
- Vice President & Chief Clinical OfficerLuminis Health · 🇺🇸Annapolis, MD$325K - $495KLead and aboveClinical trialsEHRBoard certification
- Chief Commercial OfficerSummit Therapeutics · 🇺🇸Princeton, NJ (US)$400K - $480KLead and aboveClinical trials
- Head of Marketing & SalesTango Therapeutics · 🇺🇸Boston, MA$302K - $452KLead and aboveProduct marketingRegulatory complianceClinical trials
- Strategic Account Executive, Life SciencesAnthropic · 🇺🇸New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA$290K - $450KGCPLLMAWS
- Market Medical Director, CaliforniaDaymark Health · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, California$350K - $450KLead and aboveDriver's licenseClinical trialsBehavioral health
- Market Medical Director, MichiganDaymark Health · 🇺🇸Detroit, Michigan$350K - $450KLead and aboveDriver's licenseClinical trialsBehavioral health
- Vice President, Head of Immunology and Inflammation DevelopmentGenerate Biomedicines · Remote$335K - $435KRemoteLead and aboveMachine LearningRegulatory complianceClinical trials
- Senior Vice President, Clinical DevelopmentKailera Therapeutics, Inc. · 🇺🇸Waltham, Massachusetts$400K - $425KLead and aboveClinical trials
- Associate / Lead DentistTend · 🇺🇸Westport, CT$175K - $425KLead and aboveClinical trialsCPRBLS
- Head of PharmacovigilancePraxis Precision Medicines · 🇺🇸United States - Remote$378K - $420KRemoteLead and abovePRDsSuccessFactorsRegulatory compliance
- Account DirectorLayer Health · 🇺🇸Boston, NYC or Remote US$380K - $420KRemoteLead and aboveMachine LearningLLMClinical trials
- VP, Market AccessTarsus Pharmaceuticals · 🇺🇸Irvine, California, United States$300K - $420KLead and aboveEvent marketingM&AClinical trials
- Senior Director, Medical Monitor (Respiratory indications)Generate Biomedicines · Remote$277K - $416KRemoteLead and aboveMachine LearningRegulatory complianceClinical trials
- Vice President, Clinical DevelopmentKardigan · 🇺🇸Princeton, New Jersey, United States$340K - $416KLead and aboveGoRegulatory complianceCDL
- Senior Vice President, Regulatory AffairsMineralys Therapeutics · 🇺🇸US Remote$390K - $415KRemoteLead and aboveGoAgileRegulatory compliance
- Senior Director, Project Team Leader / Executive Committee Business ManagerAltos Labs · 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area, CA$313K - $402KLead and aboveClinical trials
Questions about Clinical trials pay
- What is the average Clinical trials salary?
- $202K a year on average and $208K at the median, across 680 open Clinical trials postings at companies that state pay (November 2026). The median is the better guide: a few very high offers pull the average up.
- What is the typical range?
- The middle half of the postings offer $152K to $238K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Clinical trials pay?
- Mineralys Therapeutics ($355K), Anthropic ($328K), Tend ($300K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a clinical trials a high-paying job?
- The median Clinical trials posting advertises $208K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 19% above the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a clinical trials?
- A tenth of the postings offer $298K a year or more; the highest open Clinical trials role advertises up to $700K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the Clinical trials salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $208K a year is about $100 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $17,292 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $73 to $115 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for Clinical trials roles?
- Postings that ask for Product marketing (+$8K, 100 postings), Prior authorization (+$8K, 83 postings), Pharmacy (+$8K, 184 postings) advertise more than the $208K median of all Clinical trials postings with pay.
- Where do these figures come from?
- From the pay ranges employers print in their own job postings, read from their careers pages every hour. The midpoint of each range is counted. These are advertised ranges for open roles, mostly in the United States and in US dollars, not what people are actually paid.
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The median advertised salary for Clinical trials roles at companies is $208K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $152K to $238K. Counted from 680 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/clinical-trials/
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