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October 14, 2025

Salary guides for biotech roles

PharmaPayWatch now has salary guides for major biotech roles. These answer the most common question I get: "what's the market rate for role X?"

Each guide shows current market rates based on real job postings from the past 6 months, including:

  • Median salaries by experience level
  • Top hiring and top paying companies
  • 12-month hiring trends
  • Management vs IC compensation breakdown

For example, here's how Medical Science Liaison hiring has changed over the past year:

MSL Hiring Trends

And here's what Data Science salaries look like by experience level:

Data Science Salaries by experience level

I update these guides quarterly with 6 months of rolling data. If you're job searching, negotiating an offer, or benchmarking compensation for your team, you now have real numbers to work with.

Three guides are live now:

  • Bioinformatics
  • Medical Science Liaisons
  • Data Science in Biotech

My goal with PharmaPayWatch is to provide a valuable resource for job seekers, recruiters, and industry analysts alike. Email me if you have feedback, want to see a specific role analyzed next, or if you need the raw data for your own analysis.

More coming soon, in the meantime, thanks for reading!


Data from PharmaPayWatch.com | US jobs only | Questions, comments, or tips? Reach out to nick@pharmapaywatch.com

Interested in learning more? We track over 50 Pharma and Biotech companies to aggregate jobs and study industry trends.

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