Patent Agent salary
What a patent agent actually earns, from 126 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 patent agent earns a blended US median near 136,294 dollars, with the typical middle running from 99,182 dollars to 168,450 dollars. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is paralegal, at 26 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
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Quick answers
How much does a patent agent make?
The blended US median is about 136,294 dollars, with a typical range from 99,182 dollars to 168,450 dollars.
What can a patent agent move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is paralegal, at 26 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 null. Live corpus 126 observations, 2026-07-23. Definitions in the glossary.