Counted October 19, 2026 · from employers’ own postings
Lab Manager: $120K median posted pay.
From 12 salary bands employers posted on 28 open lab manager roles in science & clinical research. Never an estimate.
The ladder, by level
What each rung pays.
| Level | Open roles | Median posted band | Middle half |
|---|---|---|---|
| Management | 28 | $120K | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ARSIEM | 5 | — |
| Labcorp | 3 | — |
| Certified Group | 2 | — |
| CesiumAstro | 2 | — |
| Anduril Industries | 1 | — |
| Mariana Minerals | 1 | — |
| Cyclic Materials Inc. | 1 | — |
| Natera | 1 | — |
| Tiny Health | 1 | — |
| Blueorigin | 1 | — |
Counted from employers’ own job boards. The ten with the most open lab manager roles tonight.
The skills, as the postings name them
What these postings ask for.
| Skill | Postings | At entry |
|---|---|---|
| Procurement | 11 | — |
| Equipment Calibration | 10 | — |
| Performance Management | 6 | — |
| Assembly Line Work | 5 | — |
| Nonconformance Handling | 5 | — |
| Safety Engineering | 5 | — |
| Laboratory Science | 4 | — |
| Investigation | 4 | — |
| Waste Management | 4 | — |
| Laboratory Testing | 4 | — |
Where the work is
0% of these roles are remote.
- Remote0%0 roles
- Hybrid0%0 roles
- On site93%26 roles
- Not stated7%2 roles
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How this was counted
Every figure is counted from 28 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 12 of these postings carried one. Titles are grouped by the words the postings use, with levels, shifts and schedules removed, so “Senior Lab Manager (Nights)” counts here too. 100% of roles with this title sit in science & clinical research, 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.