Patent Agent salary
What a patent agent actually earns, from 77 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 patent agent earns a blended US median near 145,200 dollars, with the typical middle running from 111,948 dollars to 175,503 dollars. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is lawyer, at 16 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
Open patent agent roles
Live openings tagged to this occupation, from company career pages and remote boards. Apply at the source.
Patent Attorney at HalterAuckland2d agoApply
Patent Attorney (Law Clerk) at Patent and Trademark OfficeAlexandria, Virginia$94k–$122k5d agoApply- Supevisory Design Patent Examiner - TC 2900 at Patent and Trademark OfficeAnywhere in the U.S. (remote job)$183k–$197k1w agoApply
- Supervisory Patent Examiner - TC3600 at Patent and Trademark OfficeAnywhere in the U.S. (remote job)$183k–$197k1w agoApply
- Supervisory Patent Examiner TC1700 at Patent and Trademark OfficeAnywhere in the U.S. (remote job)$183k–$197k1w agoApply
- Supervisory Patent Examiner TC1600 at Patent and Trademark OfficeAnywhere in the U.S. (remote job)$183k–$197k1w agoApply
Roles that pay more, that these skills already reach
Median pay from each destination’s own postings, with the readiness a patent agent profile already covers.
- 600 open lawyer roles$179,890 median · +$34,690 · 16% readiness
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- Lawyer salary$179,890 median
Quick answers
How much does a patent agent make?
The blended US median is about 145,200 dollars, with a typical range from 111,948 dollars to 175,503 dollars.
What can a patent agent move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is lawyer, at 16 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 77 observations, 2026-09-06. Definitions in the glossary.