As of Nov 6, 2026, there are 470 live entry-level pharmaceutical sales postings. Median advertised annual base: $115,000 (n=357), versus $130,000 nationally.
470 open pharmaceutical sales roles across the United States, open to candidates with a year of experience or less, taken straight from employers' own careers pages and refreshed twice a day.
Pharmaceutical sales covers chemical drugs, the medicines the FDA approves as drugs rather than licensing as biologics, and the healthcare professionals or organizations involved in their use. The medicine decides the industry, not what a company calls itself: a posting that names its medicines is filed by them, and one that names both kinds, or none, takes the kind of medicine its employer mainly sells, unless it sells vaccines, all of them biologics, so a role at a company that calls itself biotech can be filed here and a role at a drug maker can be filed under biotech. At a company we file under more than one industry, such as Johnson & Johnson or Abbott, a division the posting names places the role, which is how Abbott’s nutrition roles can be filed here, and so does a product the posting names for the role, which is how Bausch + Lomb’s dry eye medicine reps can be. Failing both, at a few of these companies, Johnson & Johnson and Abbott among them, the posting’s own words choose among that company’s industries, and where they say little, the company’s main industry stands, as it does at the others and where a posting names no division but products from two of the company’s industries. A role placed among a company’s medicines is then filed by the kind of medicine, here or under biotech. Kenvue, Haleon and Perrigo, which make over-the-counter medicines, are filed here too, and so is Reckitt, for its infant formula. Roles can involve physician offices, specialty practices or health systems. A home-based position can still require territory travel. The tables below describe the postings currently on this board, while each employer’s listing provides its specific customers and requirements.
Matching live postings · Observed on the board Nov 6, 2026. Counts are postings, not individual vacancies or hires.
| Measure | This search | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Median advertised annual base | $115,000 | $130,000 |
| Qualifying annual base ranges | 357 of 470 | 6,482 of 9,393 |
| Publish a numeric pay range (any pay type) | 359 (76%) | 7,092 (76%) |
Method: advertised annual base in USD; midpoint of each published range; hourly and on-target earnings (OTE) excluded. Implausible midpoints outside $20,000–$700,000 are excluded. Medians require 8 ranges. Missing pay is unknown, not $0. Range disclosure counts any pay type; the median uses only qualifying annual base ranges.
| Employer | Open postings |
|---|---|
| Viatris | 99 |
| Syneos Health | 68 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals | 51 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 29 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals | 29 |
| Inizio Engage | 26 |
| Amneal | 20 |
| Bausch Health | 17 |
| Abbott | 14 |
| Tris Pharma | 14 |
| Experience | Postings | Share of this search |
|---|---|---|
| 0–2 years | 470 | 100% |
| 3–4 years | 0 | 0% |
| 5+ years | 0 | 0% |
| Not stated | 0 | 0% |
| Setting | Postings | Share of this search |
|---|---|---|
| Physician office | 416 | 89% |
| Hospital / IDN | 58 | 12% |
| Home health / DME | 8 | 2% |
| Cancer / infusion center | 8 | 2% |
| Pharmacy | 5 | 1% |
| Operating room | 4 | 1% |
| Payer / managed care | 2 | 0% |
| C-suite | 1 | 0% |
Settings may overlap and include classifications from product context; the board labels assumptions on individual roles. They do not add up to 100%. Experience not stated is kept separate from zero years.
| Background | Postings | Share of this search |
|---|---|---|
| Outside or B2B sales | 195 | 41% |
| Clinical or allied health | 17 | 4% |
| Athletics | 13 | 3% |
| Military | 13 | 3% |
The median advertised annual base is $115,000, calculated from 357 qualifying postings as of Nov 6, 2026. This uses each published range's midpoint and excludes hourly rates and on-target earnings. It measures advertised base pay, not take-home pay or first-year total compensation. 76% publish a numeric pay range of any kind.
The largest matching employer counts as of Nov 6, 2026 are Viatris (99), Syneos Health (68), Vanda Pharmaceuticals (51). These are currently advertised postings on MedSales Radar, not a complete census of hiring or proof of expansion. Counts can change after an employer refreshes its careers site; use the linked listings to check current requirements and locations.
15 of 470 matching postings are flagged remote as of Nov 6, 2026, meaning worked from home with no field territory; 149 state a travel percentage. A field role run from a home office is not counted as remote, because it involves customer visits and a defined territory. A missing remote flag does not establish an office requirement, and an unstated travel percentage does not mean no travel. Confirm territory and travel expectations with the employer.
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