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Regulatory Affairs Specialist Career Market Report 2026

715 active jobs. 220 companies. Median salary $132K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

715
Active Job Openings
220
Companies Hiring
$132K
Median Salary (US)
75%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The Regulatory Affairs Specialist 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: 75% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $132K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $100K to $212K.

Regulatory Compliance is the most-demanded skill at 28%

Project Management demand rose +6.2pp — fastest-growing skill

Integratedresources leads hiring with 30 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Manager → Director (+$46K, +41%)

Salary increase: +$46K · Sample: Manager → Director

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

Score: 70/100 · AI/LLM demand: 12% 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
Director60$148K$160K$250K
Manager37$110K$114K$150K
Senior28$78K$92K$145K
Junior7$62K$62K$150K
Mid-Level6$61K$105K$229K
Staff6$100K$127K$160K

What jumps out

Manager → Director: +$46K (41%) — 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 States88$142KUSD
Remote13$147KUSD

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site0.7%
Remote7.8%
Hybrid2.0%

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

Top Skills in Demand

Regulatory Compliance
28%
Project Management
21%
AI/LLM
12%
Filing
10%
Negotiation
6%
HTML/CSS
6%
Due Diligence
5%

Skills on the Rise

Project Management ↑+6.2ppNegotiation ↑+6.2ppHTML/CSS ↑+5.8ppDue Diligence ↑+5.0ppRegulatory Compliance ↑+3.2pp

Declining in Demand

Pharmacy ↓-41.7ppJournalism ↓-15.2ppAttention to Detail ↓-13.7ppQuality Assurance ↓-11.5ppExcel ↓-10.7pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Integratedresources304.2%
Abbvie233.2%
Abbott212.9%
Astrazeneca152.1%
Medtronic152.1%
Takeda142.0%
Amgen131.8%
Sanofi121.7%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States268
Remote37
India24
China23
United Kingdom21
Japan13
Ireland9
Germany9

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree50.4%270
Bachelor's Degree17.9%96
Master's Degree17.2%92
PhD / Doctorate2.8%15
MBA0.6%3

Certifications

MBA (2%)

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