As part of our analysis of CEO and employee pay in biopharma, Endpoints News analyzed median employee pay in 2023 at 177 life sciences companies. Sixty of the top 100 highest-paying companies were headquartered in the Bay Area, Boston and San Diego, which are hot spots for the industry — and competitive job markets.
Companies use different methodologies for determining their median employee pay, which makes it difficult to make head-to-head comparisons. Still, the data provide a glimpse into which biopharmas paid the most — and least — over the past year to their rank-and-file workers.
For further breakdowns of pay at the largest drugmaker and biotech’s hubs, check out the following stories:
- How 177 biotech and pharma companies paid their median employees in 2023
- The biggest drugmakers ranked by how much they paid their typical worker in 2023
- The top-paid CEOs in biotech and pharma in 2023