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Loan Officer Career Market Report 2026

421 active jobs. 73 companies. Median salary $37K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

421
Active Job Openings
73
Companies Hiring
$37K
Median Salary (US)
68%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The Loan Officer market data on this page is updated daily from 800,000+ active job postings across 20 ATS platforms.

Greenhouse Lever Workday Ashby SmartRecruiters Workable + 14 more ATS sources

Salary: Extracted via NLP. Only USD $5K-$3M included. Skills: Named entity recognition, noise-filtered (generic soft skills excluded). Experience: Inferred from title + description. Coverage: 68% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $37K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $25K to $260K.

Remote roles pay 80% below the US national median

Remote positions in this field tend to be at companies with lower average pay scales, or reflect geographic salary adjustments.

Underwriting is the most-demanded skill at 40%

Residential Real Estate demand rose +7.7pp — fastest-growing skill

mutualmortgage leads hiring with 51 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Junior → Mid-Level (+$200K, +333%)

Salary increase: +$200K · Sample: Junior → Mid-Level

AI automation risk: medium-high (score 70/100)

Score: 70/100 · AI/LLM demand: 0% of postings

Week-over-week changes reflect dataset expansion, not market surge

Recent growth in tracked postings is from adding new data sources, not a one-week hiring boom. Interpret trend data with this in mind.

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90
Mid-Level15$260K$260K$260K
Senior5$37K$37K$175K
Junior4$60K$60K$90K

What jumps out

Junior → Mid-Level: +$200K (333%) — the biggest single-step increase. The salary curve is back-loaded: the largest raises come at transitions where scope changes from executing tasks to owning outcomes, or from owning outcomes to shaping architecture across teams.

Salary by Country

CountryJobsMedianCurrency
United States34$124KUSD
Remote12$25KUSD

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site0.5%
Remote16.4%
Hybrid2.4%

~80% of postings do not specify work mode. Figures show only positions where it is explicitly stated.

Top Skills in Demand

Underwriting
40%
Excel
24%
Financial Analysis
13%
Risk Management
12%
Residential Real Estate
8%
AI/LLM
7%
Commercial Real Estate
5%
Bilingual
4%
Real Estate Appraisal
2%
CPA
2%
Due Diligence
2%
Financial Reporting
2%

Skills on the Rise

Residential Real Estate ↑+7.7pp

Declining in Demand

Customer Service ↓-61.7ppSales Pipeline ↓-19.2ppTime Management ↓-17.2ppUpselling ↓-12.6ppScheduling ↓-8.8pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
mutualmortgage5112.1%
Zillow419.7%
Newrez307.1%
Pnc286.7%
Huntington225.2%
Keybank194.5%
Orchard133.1%
Lennar122.9%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States213
Remote53
Australia3
Luxembourg3
India2
Canada2
Nigeria1
United Kingdom1

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree64.1%182
Bachelor's Degree17.6%50
Master's Degree7.4%21

Certifications

CPA (2%)

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