Counted October 19, 2026 · from employers’ own postings
Clinical Director: $126K median posted pay.
From 24 salary bands employers posted on 43 open clinical director roles in healthcare. Never an estimate.
The ladder, by level
What each rung pays.
| Level | Open roles | Median posted band | Middle half |
|---|---|---|---|
| Management | 43 | $126K | — |
Levels as the postings name them. A rung shows a median only where eight or more postings at that level carried a band.
Who is hiring
The employers with the most open.
| Employer | Open roles | Entry level |
|---|---|---|
| Boca Recovery Center | 6 | — |
| Anna Autism Care | 6 | — |
| Apollo Behavior | 4 | — |
| Methodisthealth | 4 | — |
| Acorn Health | 3 | — |
| Wustl | 3 | — |
| Washington University in St. Louis | 3 | — |
| Professional Physical Therapy | 2 | — |
| Crestwood Behavioral Health | 2 | — |
| Bannerhealth | 1 | — |
Counted from employers’ own job boards. The ten with the most open clinical director roles tonight.
The skills, as the postings name them
What these postings ask for.
| Skill | Postings | At entry |
|---|---|---|
| Continuous Improvement | 16 | — |
| Billing | 10 | — |
| Records Management | 9 | — |
| Behavior Intervention | 9 | — |
| CPR and Basic Life Support | 8 | — |
| Risk Management | 8 | — |
| Dietetics | 7 | — |
| Clinical Quality Assurance | 6 | — |
| Service Standards | 6 | — |
| Clinical Supervision | 6 | — |
Where the work is
5% of these roles are remote.
- Remote5%2 roles
- Hybrid0%0 roles
- On site79%34 roles
- Not stated16%7 roles
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How this was counted
Every figure is counted from 43 open postings read from employers’ own job boards on October 19, 2026, and recounted every night. Pay is the band the employer posted — never an estimate, never a model — and 24 of these postings carried one. Titles are grouped by the words the postings use, with levels, shifts and schedules removed, so “Senior Clinical Director (Nights)” counts here too. 100% of roles with this title sit in healthcare, which is why this page belongs to that career. A title gets a page only where twenty-five or more roles are open, eight or more of them posted a band, three or more employers are hiring for it and four in five of its postings sit in one career, so no page here is a guess.