The median advertised annual base salary in US medical device sales postings is $95,000, with the middle half of ranges between $76,550 and $120,000. The 254 postings that state on-target earnings, with commission, give a median of $166,940. These are advertised figures from 2,018 postings that publish a range, not a survey of earnings.
The median advertised annual base salary for a US medical device sales role is $95,000. The middle half of salary-range midpoints in this sample fall between $76,550 and $120,000; the top tenth are $145,300 or more. Every figure comes from 2,018 live medical device job postings with a usable annual base range.
Medical device here means roles selling medical equipment, instruments, supplies and other devices, and tissue products such as skin substitutes. At a company we file under more than one industry, the division or product a posting names decides where its role is filed. How we decide a listing’s industry.
| Percentile | Annual base range midpoint |
|---|---|
| 10th | $65,000 |
| 25th | $76,550 |
| Median | $95,000 |
| 75th | $120,000 |
| 90th | $145,300 |
Medical device postings have the lowest median advertised base of the four industries here right now, after biotech ($166,250), pharmaceutical ($152,500) and diagnostics ($130,000).
Where a posting asks for 0–2 years, medical device postings have the lowest median base of the four industries here right now, after pharmaceutical ($130,000), biotech ($122,759) and diagnostics ($92,000).
| Industry | Median base | Middle half | Postings | Median base, 0–2 years | Median on-target earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biotech | $166,250 | $130,541 – $187,500 | 1,068 | $122,759 | Too few to quote |
| Pharmaceutical | $152,500 | $130,000 – $180,168 | 2,345 | $130,000 | Too few to quote |
| Diagnostics | $130,000 | $109,750 – $170,000 | 381 | $92,000 | $187,500 |
| Medical device (this page) | $95,000 | $76,550 – $120,000 | 2,018 | $80,000 | $166,940 |
Compare each industry’s mix of employers, seniority and locations before treating a difference as a market-wide pay gap. The 0–2 years column compares postings that ask for the same experience. Health IT and software, care services, distribution, and home medical equipment and care are priced in the medical sales salary guide.
| Segment | Median | Middle half | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10+ years | $150,000 | $150,000 – $161,262 | 45 |
| 5–9 years | $122,500 | $100,000 – $141,725 | 502 |
| 3–4 years | $95,000 | $80,000 – $108,000 | 473 |
| 0–2 years | $80,000 | $70,000 – $95,000 | 885 |
| Segment | Median | Middle half | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | $167,500 | $150,000 – $187,050 | 86 |
| Manager | $146,000 | $125,000 – $151,625 | 115 |
| Senior rep | $110,000 | $95,000 – $122,500 | 191 |
| Rep / specialist | $93,000 | $80,000 – $108,000 | 1289 |
| Associate / entry | $68,250 | $62,500 – $75,000 | 329 |
| Segment | Median | Middle half | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nephrology / renal | $125,000 | $125,000 – $125,000 | 17 |
| Point of care | $115,000 | $107,500 – $115,000 | 14 |
| Infection prevention | $112,500 | $84,375 – $120,500 | 18 |
| Diagnostics / IVD | $112,075 | $75,000 – $122,500 | 18 |
| Digital health / software | $106,400 | $102,500 – $151,500 | 13 |
| Ophthalmic | $106,050 | $87,550 – $130,000 | 41 |
| Respiratory | $105,000 | $82,500 – $105,000 | 109 |
| Cardiovascular | $102,000 | $90,000 – $125,000 | 602 |
| Segment | Median | Middle half | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emergency / ICU | $122,500 | $100,000 – $122,500 | 13 |
| Cath lab / EP | $105,700 | $92,000 – $130,000 | 320 |
| Physician office | $100,000 | $81,000 – $110,000 | 352 |
| Hospital / IDN | $100,000 | $83,236 – $129,438 | 400 |
| Home health / DME | $100,000 | $98,750 – $100,000 | 28 |
| Imaging / radiology | $95,000 | $80,000 – $113,000 | 21 |
| Surgery center | $85,000 | $80,000 – $120,000 | 49 |
| Dental practice | $84,000 | $80,000 – $100,000 | 95 |
| Segment | Median | Middle half | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| SC | $105,000 | $75,000 – $117,000 | 17 |
| DC | $102,000 | $82,500 – $125,000 | 27 |
| GA | $100,000 | $81,000 – $121,250 | 59 |
| MN | $100,000 | $83,500 – $125,000 | 58 |
| IL | $100,000 | $70,000 – $130,000 | 76 |
| NJ | $100,000 | $85,712 – $124,962 | 48 |
| MA | $100,000 | $80,000 – $128,750 | 58 |
| NY | $100,000 | $83,625 – $122,500 | 112 |
| Segment | Median | Middle half | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturer-direct | $95,000 | $76,900 – $120,000 | 1987 |
| Contract sales organization | $57,500 | $57,500 – $57,500 | 31 |
On-target earnings are base plus commission at plan, from the postings that advertise them rather than a base salary. They are never folded into the base figures above, and the base figures never include them.
The median advertised on-target earnings of a US medical device sales posting is $166,940, from the 254 medical device postings that advertise on-target earnings (base plus commission at plan) rather than a base salary. The middle half fall between $123,040 and $228,222.
| Segment | Median | Middle half | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5–9 years | $228,222 | $223,200 – $256,375 | 69 |
| 3–4 years | $165,970 | $147,500 – $220,156 | 64 |
| 0–2 years | $124,450 | $116,438 – $164,500 | 82 |
| Segment | Median | Middle half | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manager | $256,375 | $231,812 – $312,325 | 43 |
| Rep / specialist | $156,750 | $120,000 – $213,906 | 182 |
| Associate / entry | $122,570 | $122,570 – $156,000 | 22 |
| Segment | Median | Middle half | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surgical instruments | $228,222 | $164,500 – $228,222 | 63 |
| Capital equipment | $210,000 | $140,250 – $224,375 | 30 |
| Cardiovascular | $172,000 | $147,875 – $250,438 | 39 |
| Urology / women's health | $165,000 | $120,000 – $220,000 | 21 |
| Wound care | $124,450 | $124,450 – $150,100 | 13 |
| Dental products | $116,250 | $112,500 – $116,250 | 29 |
These figures describe advertised annual base pay. Hourly rates and ranges identified as on-target earnings (base plus commission at plan) are excluded, and so are seasonal roles, which pay for a few months rather than a year, and part-time roles, which pay for fewer hours than the full-time roles beside them.
Actual earnings depend on the offer, commission plan and performance. A posted range is not a guarantee of an offer or take-home pay.
Compare these figures with other sources only after checking the pay basis, date and population. A survey of total earnings answers a different question from advertised base ranges. Differences between segments can also reflect their mix of employers, seniority and locations.
Every figure on this page is computed from salary ranges that employers published on their own careers pages, read twice a day and stored on this board. Nothing is surveyed, self-reported or taken from another guide. 2,018 of the 3,401 live medical device postings behind this page — 59% — met the annual base-range criteria. Each of those contributes the midpoint of its range, so a posting advertising "$90,000–$140,000" counts once, as $115,000. Hourly rates are excluded rather than converted, because converting one means guessing at hours. A range the posting gives for another place and says is adjusted for the local market counts in the national figure but in no state’s. We report the median and quartiles rather than the mean, and no segment is shown at all until 8 postings sit behind it. The comparison prices every industry from the same live board, and its 0–2 years column from the postings that ask for 0–2 years. Two product lines are left out of this page’s product-line breakdowns; every figure for the industry as a whole still counts every posting in it.
One limit the sample size does not cover: a segment can be large and still be mostly one employer, because a single company advertising the same band across forty territories contributes forty postings. Where a row's middle half is narrow or collapses to a single figure, read it as one employer's pay band rather than as a market rate.
Computed on November 2, 2026. This is a snapshot of a board that changes twice a day. Cite the date along with the number.
Medical device postings asking for zero to two years advertise an annual base of around $80,000 at the median.
These figures describe advertised annual base pay. Hourly rates and ranges identified as on-target earnings (base plus commission at plan) are excluded, and so are seasonal roles, which pay for a few months rather than a year, and part-time roles, which pay for fewer hours than the full-time roles beside them. Actual earnings depend on the offer, commission plan and performance. A posted range is not a guarantee of an offer or take-home pay.
Live medical device sales postings on this board with a usable annual base range, taken from employers' own careers pages and refreshed twice a day.
Pharmaceutical Sales Salary, Biotech Sales Salary, Diagnostics Sales Salary, and every industry in the medical sales salary guide. The live roles: Medical device sales jobs.
No. The base figures on this page are the fixed annual pay a posting advertises, before commission or bonus. Postings that advertise on-target earnings, base plus commission at plan, are counted on their own and never mixed into the base figures. They are different postings, so the gap between the two medians is not one job’s commission. Read each offer’s commission plan before comparing it with these figures.