MSL Salary Survey
This MSL Salary survey was conducted between September 1, 2010 and December 31, 2010. Data shown is for U.S.-based MSL salaries (N=97). Only responses with self-reported company names are included. There were not enough (at least 10) MSL salary data points for Canada and other countries to report.
Bonus data: N/A means the responder chose not to enter a value. 0% means there is no bonus.
Participating Companies
Abbott
Abraxis
Actelion
Adolor
Allergan
Amgen
Astellas
AstraZeneca
Bayer HealthCare
Biogen Idec
Boehringer Ingelheim
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Cephalon
CSL Behring
Daiichi Sankyo
Eisai
Eli Lilly
Endo
Ferring
Genentech
Genzyme
Gilead
GlaxoSmithKline
Healthpoint Ltd
Ikaria
Ipsen Pharma US
ISTA Pharmaceuticals
J&J – Centocor
Lundbeck
MedImmune
Merck
Merck
Millennium
Novartis
Novo Nordisk
Onyx
OSI Pharmaceuticals
Pfizer
Protherics
Sage Products
sanofi-aventis
Spectrum Pharmaceuticals
Takeda
Talecris Biotherapeutics
Teva
Thermo Scientific
UCB
[... and a couple of companies so small that listing names may identify the MSL]
Therapeutic Areas Represented
Allergy
Bariatric surgery
Cardiopulmonary
Cardiovascular
Cardiovascular and metabolic
Cosmetic
Critical Care
Diabetes
Diagnostic Imaging
Emergency Medicine
Endocrinology
ENT
GI/Gastroentrology
Growth disorders
hemostasis
Hepatitis B
HIV
immunology vaccines
Immunology/Dermatology
Immunology/Rheumatology
Infectious Disease
Managed care/Pharmacoeconomics/Health Outcomes
Medical toxicology and acute care
Men’s Health
Metabolic bone disease
Neurology / MS
Oncology
Ophthalmology
Pain
Plasma
Psychiatry
Pulmonary
Respiratory
TransplantC
Urology
Virology
womens health
wound care
Base Salaries and % Bonus
Years MSL experience $Base Salary %Bonus
1 $125,000 17%
1 $96,000 11%
1 $115,000 17%
1 $125,000 N/A
1 $127,000 25%
1 $105,000 N/A
1 $150,000 15%
2 $103,000 16%
2 $110,000 14%
2 $121,000 25%
2 $122,000 N/A
2 $142,000 28%
2 $113,000 25%
2 $119,218 10%
2 $117,000 20%
2 $115,000 13%
3 $140,000 N/A
3 $109,000 10%
3 $120,000 16%
3 $130,000 25%
3 $110,000 18%
3 $115,000 15%
3 $165,000 15%
3 $140,000 20%
3 $120,000 22%
4 $127,000 15%
4 $159,000 21%
4 $122,000 N/A
4 $146,840 20%
4 $123,000 16%
4 $132,000 N/A
4 $131,000 16%
4 $146,250 N/A
4 $134,000 11%
4 $160,000 20%
4 $120,000 25%
4 $160,000 18%
4 $119,000 16%
4 $118,000 15%
4 $141,000 22%
5 $124,000 38%
5 $101,000 N/A
5 $129,000 17%
5 $148,000 12%
5 $135,000 16%
5 $121,000 N/A
5 $139,000 15%
5 $110,818 12%
5 $143,000 20%
5 $91,000 31%
6 $138,000 10%
6 $126,500 57%
6 $147,000 20%
6 $128,000 20%
6 $156,000 25%
6 $134,500 20%
6 $125,000 18%
6 $155,000 15%
7 $143,600 15%
7 $151,000 20%
7 $130,000 15%
7 $183,000 20%
7 $165,000 23%
7 $133,000 21%
7 $162,500 20%
8 $136,000 10%
8 $140,000 14%
8 $165,000 20%
8 $120,000 15%
9 $125,000 0%
10 $145,000 12%
10 $153,000 24%
10 $143,000 29%
10 $178,000 23%
10 $155,171 18%
10 $143,000 20%
10 $153,000 20%
11 $131,000 15%
11 $144,400 10%
11 $155,000 15%
11 $155,000 15%
11 $150,000 20%
12 $131,000 15%
12 $170,000 25%
12 $155,000 25%
13 $120,000 20%
13 $179,000 25%
14 $178,000 20%
14 $146,000 20%
15 $167,000 2%
15 $156,000 23%
17 $123,000 7%
18 $144,000 25%
20 $200,000 30%
24 $133,350 13%