Biotech and pharma jobs: who is hiring and what it pays
Drug makers, biotechs and life sciences companies: research, clinical, manufacturing, quality, regulatory and commercial roles. 12,574 open jobs at 1,315 employers, with a median stated pay of $180k. Every job on this page is in the United States, taken from the employer’s own career site or job system and checked to still be open.
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12,574
open biotech and pharma jobs
1,315
employers hiring
$180k
median stated pay (2,066 jobs)
November 2026
first month tracked
All biotech and pharma lists
Employers with the most open biotech and pharma jobs
Becton Dickinson, Gilead Sciences and Eli Lilly and Company lead the biotech and pharma employers on our board. The ten with the most openings post 20% of the 12,574 open biotech and pharma jobs.
| # | Employer | Open jobs |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Becton DickinsonCA | 368 open |
| 2 | Gilead SciencesCA · Median pay $241k | 297 open |
| 3 | Eli Lilly and CompanyIN | 271 open |
| 4 | AbbVieIL · Median pay $140k | 264 open |
| 5 | GSKPA · Median pay $227k | 258 open |
| 6 | AstrazenecaMD · Median pay $297k | 237 open |
| 7 | Takeda Development Center AmericasMA · Median pay $198k | 235 open |
| 8 | Siemens HealthineersCA · Median pay $96k | 200 open |
| 9 | Vertex PharmaceuticalsMA | 193 open |
| 10 | Medpace HoldingsOH | 190 open |
Highest-paying biotech and pharma roles
Among biotech and pharma jobs that state yearly pay, Medical and Health Services Managers, Medical Records Specialists and Lawyers pay the most at the median, against $180k for the segment as a whole.
| # | Role | Median pay |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medical and Health Services Managers317 open · With pay 72 | $300k |
| 2 | Medical Records Specialists32 open · With pay 15 | $271k |
| 3 | Lawyers63 open · With pay 10 | $268k |
| 4 | Statisticians90 open · With pay 37 | $232k |
| 5 | Computer and Information Research Scientists50 open · With pay 8 | $208k |
| 6 | Public Relations Managers26 open · With pay 8 | $198k |
| 7 | Regulatory Affairs Managers225 open · With pay 58 | $197k |
| 8 | Quality Control Systems Managers144 open · With pay 32 | $194k |
Skills employers ask for
project management, excel and supply chain are the skills most often named in biotech and pharma job postings, read from each posting's own text.
Where the biotech and pharma jobs are
CA, MA and NJ have the most open biotech and pharma jobs.
| # | State | Open jobs |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CaliforniaMedian pay $188k | 2,474 open |
| 2 | MassachusettsMedian pay $205k | 2,362 open |
| 3 | New JerseyMedian pay $200k | 918 open |
| 4 | PennsylvaniaMedian pay $180k | 706 open |
| 5 | New YorkMedian pay $175k | 557 open |
| 6 | TexasMedian pay $140k | 491 open |
| 7 | IllinoisMedian pay $140k | 459 open |
| 8 | OhioMedian pay $112k | 444 open |
New biotech and pharma jobs this week
25 biotech and pharma jobs were posted in the last seven days.
- Financial Systems & Reporting Analyst (Hybrid)
UCLA · Santa Monica, CA
Nov 2
- Senior Procurement IT Category Manager
PerkinElmer · Boston, MA
Nov 2
- Director, Global Clinical Development
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical · Pierre, SD
$210k–$313k · Nov 2
- Associate Director, Regulatory Affairs, AD Promo
Praxis Precision Medicines · Boston, MA
$200k–$221k · Nov 2
- Associate Director, Statistical Programming
Everest Clinical Research · Bridgewater, NJ
$170k–$205k · Nov 2
- Project Coordinator
Arbor Research Collaborative for Health · Clifton, TX
$56k–$87k · Nov 2
- Project Coordinator
Arbor Research Collaborative for Health · Lorida, FL
$56k–$87k · Nov 2
- Project Coordinator
Arbor Research Collaborative for Health · PA
$56k–$87k · Nov 2
Laid off in biotech and pharma? Start here
- A plan for the weeks after a layoff
- Unemployment benefits and how to file, by state
- Severance calculator
- Layoff tracker: who is cutting and where
Then look at the employers above that are hiring now.
More industries
- US manufacturing34,328
- Defense and aerospace30,328
- Financial services28,982
- Healthcare26,927
- Education14,346
- Nonprofits13,697
- AI8,364
- Construction7,544
- Transportation and logistics5,669
- Space5,418
- Automotive and EV4,186
- Semiconductors3,683
- Retail3,289
- Robotics and automation3,148
- Consumer packaged goods2,663
- Data centers2,554
- Utilities and power2,405
- Clean energy and nuclear2,303
- Telecom1,689
- Real estate1,655
- Tourism and hospitality1,437
- Oil and gas1,102
- Steel, aluminum and metals1,022
- Restaurants953
- TV and streaming941
- Mining and natural resources884
- Airlines and aviation811
- Music663
- Shipbuilding and maritime474
- Casino and gaming441
- Sports235
- Movies and film63
How these lists are made
- Every job on this page is in the United States, taken from the employer’s own career site or job system and checked to still be open.
- A job is counted in biotech and pharma when its employer is on our list of biotech and pharma employers, or its title names biotech and pharma work. A job can sit in more than one segment.
- Pay figures use only jobs that state a yearly salary range in dollars; the figure is the middle of the range, and the median is across jobs. A pay list is shown only when enough jobs state pay.
- The same employer under different spellings is counted once. A city where one employer posts half the openings is not ranked.
- Lists are rebuilt weekly from our job board and kept by month. Professional and management roles; hourly roles are not on our board.
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