US Salary by Industry 2026 — Median Pay by Sector (GeraJobs)

Real median advertised US salaries across 11 industries, from 989 live GeraJobs postings.

US salary by industry: median advertised full-time pay across 11 sectors, computed from 989 real US job postings tracked by GeraJobs (crawl window 2026-05-07 to 2026-06-18). All-industry median $130,000. Pick a sector for its full 10th–90th percentile band. Advertised-salary data, not a BLS population wage. It runs free in your browser on Gera Tools, with nothing uploaded.

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Among the sectors GeraJobs tracks, Legal & Compliance (median $164,000) and Product Management ($162,850) advertise the highest medians, followed by Data & Analytics ($153,700) and Software & Engineering ($150,000). These are advertised-salary medians on a remote/tech-skewed board, not a national wage survey.

US salary by industry

Median advertised full-time US salary across 11 industries, computed from 989 real job postings GeraJobs is currently tracking (crawl window 2026-05-07 to 2026-06-18). The all-industry median is $130,000.

IndustryMedian25th–75thPostings
Legal & Compliance$164,000$91,850 – $197,13124
Product Management$162,850$135,250 – $190,50038
Data & Analytics$153,700$115,938 – $190,55038
Software & Engineering$150,000$122,844 – $182,500191
Sales & Business Development$125,000$85,000 – $167,925190
Finance & Accounting$120,250$74,675 – $158,75055
Operations & Supply Chain$117,500$90,000 – $156,67843
Marketing & Communications$113,000$87,000 – $170,67960
Healthcare & Life Sciences$111,500$78,959 – $204,375116
Human Resources & Recruiting$100,000$76,490 – $158,55025
Customer Support & Success$83,750$49,886 – $115,62528

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Scope: these are medians of advertised salaries on the US jobs GeraJobs tracks (source: Himalayas remote-jobs feed) — not an official population wage survey. The board skews toward remote and technology roles, so levels run higher than national all-industry averages. For official US occupational wages, see the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics.