Scrum Master salary
What a scrum master actually earns, from 354 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.
Switch the market above to see scrum master pay in the 4 countries our sources cover, each with its own cost of living. The trend, seniority, and state detail below are United States data, where the official record runs deepest.
What the number means
A scrum master earns a blended US median near 103,729 dollars, with the typical middle running from 86,079 dollars to 124,453 dollars. The official OEWS median is 100,750 dollars, under the posted figure, because the advertised roles skew senior or well-funded. The official trend has moved up about 7 percent since 2021. Demand is rated high, and 3% of postings are fully remote. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is business analyst, at 30 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
Open scrum master roles
Live openings tagged to this occupation, from company career pages and remote boards. Apply at the source.
Scrum Master Junior pour un leader suisse de la prévoyance - Mission longue durée - 100% at Academic WorkNyon, Vaud, Switzerland1d agoApply- Scrum Master at Hays (Schweiz) AGZürich, Zürich, Switzerland2d agoApply
- Scrum Master Junior pour un leader suisse de la prévoyance - Mission longue durée - 100% at Academic Work Switzerland SANyon, Vaud, Switzerland2d agoApply
Senior Scrum Master Banking & Insurance (m/w/d) at New Monday GmbHBerlin · Remote3d agoApply
Junior Scrum Master at VonagePoland · Remote3d agoApply
Scrum Master Pleno at Ewave do BrasilCuritiba - PR3d agoApply
By country
- United States$86,079$103,729$124,453
- United Kingdom$81,862$95,505$150,762
- France$49,055$52,559$60,151
- India$12,658$13,571$17,382
Switzerland · official wage bands
median CHF 9'509/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 24 Betriebswirte und vergleichbare Spezialisten: 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 114'108 at the median. Source: Bundesamt für Statistik, LSE 2024.
Top-paying US states
OEWS median by state, highest first.
- Washington$117,030
- Colorado$106,960
- Maryland$103,570
- Florida$96,980
- Missouri$88,770
- Kansas$86,330
Roles that pay more, that these skills already reach
Median pay from each destination’s own postings, with the readiness a scrum master profile already covers.
- 600 open product manager roles$171,066 median · +$67,337 · 18% readiness
- 600 open project manager roles$126,568 median · +$22,839 · 29% readiness
- 149 open mobile developer roles$126,321 median · +$22,592 · 15% readiness
- 600 open business analyst roles$122,331 median · +$18,602 · 30% readiness
Every measured move out of this role, ranked by readiness: alternative careers for a scrum master.
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Related salaries
- Business Analyst salary$122,331 median
- Product Analyst salary$101,131 median
- Project Manager salary$126,568 median
Quick answers
How much does a scrum master make?
The blended US median is about 103,729 dollars, with a typical range from 86,079 dollars to 124,453 dollars, against an official OEWS median of 100,750 dollars.
Is scrum master a good career in 2026?
Demand for the role is rated high in our July 2026 corpus, with 3% of postings fully remote. The pay is shown above by seniority and by country.
What can a scrum master move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is business analyst, at 30 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 13-1082. Live corpus 354 observations, 2026-09-06. Definitions in the glossary.