What is the average GMP salary?

$201K a year on average and $192K at the median, across 156 open GMP 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 $160K to $230K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.

Which companies advertise the highest GMP pay?

Anthropic ($370K), Kardigan ($251K), Lyell Immunopharma ($230K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).

Is a gmp a high-paying job?

The median GMP posting advertises $192K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 11% above the middle of the market.

How much can you earn as a gmp?

A tenth of the postings offer $277K a year or more; the highest open GMP role advertises up to $700K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.

What is the GMP salary per hour and per month?

The median of $192K a year is about $93 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $16,042 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $77 to $111 an hour.

Which skills pay more for GMP roles?

Postings that ask for GCP (+$42K, 22 postings), HIPAA (+$38K, 15 postings), FDA regulations (+$38K, 23 postings) advertise more than the $192K median of all GMP 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.

GMP Salary: $201K Average, $192K Median (Nov 2026)

GMP salary by level

Lead roles advertise a median of $224K, 36% 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	$150K–$179K	27
Lead and above	$224K	$195K–$250K	79
No level in the title	$159K	$125K–$209K	50

GMP salary by location

Name	Median salary	Roles counted
🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area	$224K	33
🇺🇸Boston, MA	$209K	18
🇺🇸California	$195K	65
🇺🇸United States	$192K	148

Skills that pay more for GMP roles

Skill	Median with it	Above the median	Postings
GCP	$234K	+$42K	22
HIPAA	$230K	+$38K	15
FDA regulations	$230K	+$38K	23
Quality management systems	$216K	+$24K	22
Risk management	$214K	+$21K	21

Top-paying companies

Name	Median salary	Roles counted
Anthropic	$370K	5
Kardigan	$251K	4
Benchling	$230K	5
Lyell Immunopharma	$230K	3
Kailera Therapeutics, Inc.	$216K	6
Formation Bio	$209K	6
Mirum Pharmaceuticals	$208K	5
Iovance Biotherapeutics	$199K	4
Praxis Precision Medicines	$198K	10
Immunome, Inc.	$198K	6
Dyne Therapeutics	$194K	4
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals	$194K	6
Summit Therapeutics	$180K	10
Vaxcyte	$178K	11
Varda Space Industries	$172K	7
Hims & Hers	$158K	6
The Jackson Laboratory's	$130K	5
Imbibe	$65K	3

Highest-paying open GMP roles

All GMP jobs

Manager, Enterprise Sales - PharmaAnthropic · 🇺🇸Boston, MA; San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$450K - $700KSolution sellingRegulatory complianceGMP2w
Strategic Account Executive, Life SciencesAnthropic · 🇺🇸New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA$290K - $450KGCPLLMAWS9mo
Head of Platform & Infrastructure EngineeringAshby · 🇺🇸Remote - US$340K - $400KRemoteLead and aboveC++LLMCI/CD9d
Vice President, Regulatory Affairs and Quality (GxP)Pliant Therapeutics, Inc. · 🇺🇸South San Francisco, CA$351K - $388KLead and aboveGCPRegulatory complianceQuality inspection2mo
Director, Applied Artificial IntelligenceTraceLink, Inc · 🇺🇸US - MA - Wilmington$258K - $347KLead and aboveGCPAzureMachine Learning5w
Senior Director, GCP Quality AssuranceBeeline Medicines · 🇺🇸Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States$266K - $344KLead and aboveGCPRegulatory complianceGMP3mo
Vice President, CMC Development and Drug Delivery InnovationKailera Therapeutics, Inc. · 🇺🇸US-Remote$272K - $340KRemoteLead and aboveUsability testingRegulatory complianceQuality management systems4w
Vice President, Global GMP QualityMirum Pharmaceuticals · Foster City$320K - $340KLead and aboveRegulatory complianceQuality management systemsGMP2mo
Principal Data Center Supply Chain LeadLambda · 🇺🇸San Jose Office (Zanker)$211K - $331KHybridLead and aboveMachine LearningPerformance managementProcurement6w
Sr. Director, Vendor & Relationship ManagementKardigan · 🇺🇸Princeton, New Jersey$244K - $318KLead and aboveEscalation managementPerformance managementGMP2w
Senior Director, Head of GxP ComplianceKardigan · 🇺🇸South San Francisco, California, United States, Princeton…$242K - $315KLead and aboveGCPAuditRegulatory compliance13d
Senior Director of Asset Quality AssuranceFormation Bio · 🇺🇸Boston, MA; New York, NY$235K - $307KLead and aboveGCPAgileData quality5mo
Principal Product Manager, Data PlatformSandboxaq · 🇺🇸United States$163K - $306KRemoteLead and aboveData governanceETLSOC 29d
Software Engineer, Full Stack (Enterprise Lifecycle) (High Seniority)Benchling · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$225K - $305KHybridLLMRegulatory complianceGMP7mo
Senior Director, GMP Quality AssuranceMirum Pharmaceuticals · Foster City$280K - $300KLead and aboveRegulatory complianceLast-mile deliveryGMP7mo
Senior Director, ManufacturingLyell Immunopharma · 🇺🇸Bothell, Washington, United States$220K - $300KLead and aboveWorkforce planningRegulatory complianceGMP2w
Senior Director, Drug Substance Commercial ManufacturingKailera Therapeutics, Inc. · 🇺🇸US-Remote$241K - $295KRemoteLead and abovePRDsRegulatory complianceSix Sigma13d
Director / Senior Director, External Manufacturing OperationsImmunome, Inc. · 🇺🇸Bothell, Washington, United States$200K - $295KLead and aboveDemand planningGMPRisk management2mo
Senior Director, Development Quality AssuranceImmunome, Inc. · 🇺🇸Bothell, Washington, United States$260K - $294KLead and aboveGCPMachine LearningAudit7w
Legal Counsel, Real Estate & ConstructionAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Costa Mesa, California, United States$220K - $292KComputer VisionContract negotiationLaw degree13d

Questions about GMP pay

What is the average GMP salary?: $201K a year on average and $192K at the median, across 156 open GMP 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 $160K to $230K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
Which companies advertise the highest GMP pay?: Anthropic ($370K), Kardigan ($251K), Lyell Immunopharma ($230K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
Is a gmp a high-paying job?: The median GMP posting advertises $192K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 11% above the middle of the market.
How much can you earn as a gmp?: A tenth of the postings offer $277K a year or more; the highest open GMP role advertises up to $700K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
What is the GMP salary per hour and per month?: The median of $192K a year is about $93 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $16,042 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $77 to $111 an hour.
Which skills pay more for GMP roles?: Postings that ask for GCP (+$42K, 22 postings), HIPAA (+$38K, 15 postings), FDA regulations (+$38K, 23 postings) advertise more than the $192K median of all GMP 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.

GMP salary: $192K median