Clinical Research Coordinator salary
What a clinical research coordinator actually earns, from 152 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 2026-09-06.
What the number means
A clinical research coordinator earns a blended US median near 102,614 dollars, with the typical middle running from 79,906 dollars to 127,989 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 high, and 14% of postings are fully remote. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is medical writer, at 58 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.
Senior Clinical Research Associate (Chile) at Precision for MedicineChile · RemoteTodayApply
Site Care Partner - Lead CRA - US - FSP at ParexelUnited States · Remote1d agoApply
Clinical Research Associate (CRA) - Oncology at MerckUnited States · Remote$96k–$151k3d agoApply
Senior Clinical Research Associate/ Clinical Research Associate II at PrecisionmedicinegroupRemote4d agoApply- Senior Clinical Research Associate (Argentina) at Precision Medicine GroupArgentina4d agoApply
Clinical Trial Manager at Character BiosciencesUnited States · Remote$128k–$150k5d agoApply
Switzerland · official wage bands
median CHF 8'730/month
Swiss postings do not state pay, so these are not posted salaries: they are the federal wage survey (Lohnstrukturerhebung 2024) for the ISCO group 21 Naturwissenschaftler, Mathematiker und Ingenieure: standardized gross monthly, full-time, 13th salary included pro rata. The band covers the whole occupation group, which is coarser than this occupation alone.
Annual ≈ CHF 104'760 at the median. Source: Bundesamt für Statistik, LSE 2024.
Roles that pay more, that these skills already reach
Median pay from each destination’s own postings, with the readiness a clinical research coordinator profile already covers.
- 118 open pharmacist roles$153,453 median · +$50,839 · 24% readiness
- 54 open statistician roles$120,461 median · +$17,847 · 31% readiness
- 75 open environmental engineer roles$108,611 median · +$5,997 · 20% readiness
- 20 open medical writer roles$106,557 median · +$3,943 · 58% readiness
Every measured move out of this role, ranked by readiness: alternative careers for a clinical research coordinator.
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Quick answers
How much does a clinical research coordinator make?
The blended US median is about 102,614 dollars, with a typical range from 79,906 dollars to 127,989 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 high in our July 2026 corpus, with 14% 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 medical writer, at 58 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 152 observations, 2026-09-06. Definitions in the glossary.