Clinical Research Coordinator salary
What a clinical research coordinator actually earns, from 194 live job postings blended with the official US OEWS (Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) wage anchor. Pick a market for its median and range, then read the seniority split, the trend, and the country comparison below. Updated 2026-07-23.
What the number means
A clinical research coordinator earns a blended US median near 96,901 dollars, with the typical middle running from 76,707 dollars to 119,859 dollars. The official OEWS median is higher, 161,180 dollars, because job ads skew toward the roles that pay below the occupation-wide average. The official trend has moved up about 25 percent since 2019. Demand is rated moderate, and 2% of postings are fully remote. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is data annotator, at 45 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
Open clinical research coordinator roles
Live openings tagged to this occupation, from company career pages and remote boards. Apply at the source.
- Sr CRA 1Lifelancer · United StatesRemoteJul 23
- Senior Clinical Trial ManagerNatera · USARemoteJul 22
- Senior Clinical Research Associate - CNS - Southeast/MidAtlanticWorldwide Clinical Trials · United States$97k–$193kRemoteJul 22
- Senior Clinical Research Associate 1 - Sponsor dedicatedLifelancer · United StatesRemoteJul 22
- Senior Clinical Trial ManagerEightsleep · Boston AreaApr 3
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Quick answers
How much does a clinical research coordinator make?
The blended US median is about 96,901 dollars, with a typical range from 76,707 dollars to 119,859 dollars, against an official OEWS median of 161,180 dollars.
Is clinical research coordinator a good career in 2026?
Demand for the role is rated moderate in our July 2026 corpus, with 2% of postings fully remote. The pay is shown above by seniority and by country.
What can a clinical research coordinator move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is data annotator, at 45 percent skill coverage. Run the instrument for the full set of reachable moves.
Method: bands are the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of live US postings with stated pay, shrunk toward the official OEWS anchor by sample size (the “blended” figure). Trend is the OEWS annual median for SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code 11-9121. Live corpus 194 observations, 2026-07-23. Definitions in the glossary.