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Salary by Country
Clinical Research Associates Salary by Country
The US median for clinical research associates is $103,410. Below, the PPP-adjusted equivalent across 13 markets, modelled from US BLS data with OECD wage ratios and live exchange rates.
Pay and AI exposure
What the clinical research associates salary does not tell you
Salary measures what the market pays clinical research associates today. It says nothing about how durable that pay is as AI reshapes the work. Clinical Research Associates currently sit at 51/100 on the AI exposure scale, in the moderate exposure band. A well-paid role can still be highly exposed: the question is which layer of the work you occupy.
The country differences below are wage-level effects, not exposure differences. AI compresses the same routine layer of clinical research associates work in every market. To see where your own position sits and what shifts it, run the free structural reading or model the dimensions in the simulator.
13 markets
Clinical Research Associates salary across countries
Median annual pay and the typical 10th-to-90th-percentile range, shown in each market's local currency.
| Country | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|
| United States (source) | $103,410 | $64,800 to $177,780 |
| United Kingdom | £53,500 | £33,500 to £92,000 |
| Canada | $107,700 | $67,500 to $185,200 |
| Australia | $110,200 | $69,100 to $189,500 |
| Ireland | €70,500 | €44,200 to €121,200 |
| New Zealand | $104,400 | $65,400 to $179,400 |
| Germany | 67.000 € | 42.000 € to 115.100 € |
| France | 59 900 € | 37 500 € to 103 000 € |
| Netherlands | € 79.300 | € 49.700 to € 136.300 |
| Singapore | $107,900 | $67,600 to $185,500 |
| Japan | ￥9,777,800 | ￥6,127,100 to ￥16,809,800 |
| South Africa | R 581,100 | R 364,100 to R 999,000 |
| India | ₹17,80,200 | ₹11,15,500 to ₹30,60,500 |
US figures are BLS OEWS survey data. All other countries are PPP-adjusted estimates, derived from the US median via OECD average-wage ratios and live exchange rates. They indicate purchasing-power-style equivalents, not surveyed local salaries.
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