Salary Information for Clinical Trials Professionals

Applied Clinical Trials partnered with CenterWatch on the bi-annual review of compensation and fulfillment. The 2010 Salary and Career Development Survey for the clinical trials professional featured new directions and challenges over the previous survey in 2008. First and foremost were the economy and the mergers and acquisitions within the pharmaceutical industry. Salaries by industry again are subject to the number of respondents and breakdown of job title. By industry, the average salary for the biotech was the highest at $130K-plus. This was followed by the independent CRA ($112K-plus) and pharmaceutical sponsors ($109K-plus). The average reported salary for the CRO industry was $87,724.

 

Table 2. Vice Presidents are the top earners according to the respondents.

Read the 2010 Salary & Satisfaction Survey here.