HandpickedRoles

What remote roles pay, by experience, from real job postings.

Built for experienced professionals. Every figure comes from remote US roles that state their pay.

Snapshot of 23,497 open remote postings asking for 5 or more years. Data as of Oct 5, 2026.

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Remote jobs report, October 2026

23,497 open remote US postings asking for 5 or more years, with the pay each one states.

$167,980
median pay for technology roles asking 5 to 10 years, the highest of 7 fields
n 1,407
+50%
median pay step from 2 to 5 years to 5 to 10 years in marketing, the largest first step
n 207 and 321
$211,750
median pay for engineering manager and director roles asking 5 to 10 years, the highest of 27 roles
n 94
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Pay by experience

Median posted pay for each field, by the years of experience the posting asks for. Each column is its own band. n is the number of postings behind the figure.

Field2 to 5 years5 to 10 years10+ years
Technology$125,250 n 426$167,980 n 1,407$207,500 n 935
Data and Analytics$119,800 n 200$155,000 n 397$189,300 n 181
Sales$100,000 n 2,150$145,000 n 2,719$180,000 n 1,117
Marketing$85,000 n 207$127,500 n 321$190,000 n 185
Finance and Accounting$90,000 n 222$115,350 n 270$182,500 n 151
Management and Leadership$95,426 n 158$125,000 n 306$162,500 n 176
Consulting$106,000 n 121$133,750 n 180$155,000 n 78

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Highest and lowest paying roles

Median posted pay for roles asking 5 to 10 years of experience. Select a role for its pay page.

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Where the postings are

Postings asking for 5 or more years of experience. Employer counts are distinct postings.

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Median posted pay at 5 to 10 years of experience. A dash means fewer than 30 postings.

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Career paths

What the next title up pays, from the same postings.

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Employers with the most remote postings that state pay.

How we count

  • Pay is the posted pay from remote US postings that state pay.
  • Every figure sits within one experience band, so the bands are never mixed.
  • A figure appears only when it rests on at least 30 postings.

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Four real open postings that ask for 5 or more years. The scores are examples, not scores for you. Your own scores are 0 to 100 against what you tell us you want, with the lines from the posting behind each one.

84Sample score out of 100
Finance and Accounting

Senior Finance Manager, Corporate FP&A (REMOTE East Coast)

PerkinElmer
Remote, East Coast states · 7+ years · Posted Oct 2026
$130,000 to $170,000 stated in the posting
Senior planning and forecasting work, open only to East Coast states

You would run the planning, budgeting and forecasting cycle and write the variance commentary for corporate finance leadership. The experience asked for and the stated pay both fit a senior finance search. The score stops short of the top because the role is remote only in a list of East Coast states, so where you live decides whether it is open to you.

Experience “7+ years of related business experience in Finance (FP&A) with a track record of graduated and scalable success”
Core work “Manage essential FP&A processes, including long-range planning, annual budgeting, and monthly reporting/forecasting”
Pay “The annual compensation range for this full-time position is $130,000 to $170,000.”
Location (against) “Location: Remote - east coast”
78Sample score out of 100
Marketing

Director, Paid Growth Marketing

Little Sleepies
Remote, United States · 10+ years · Posted Oct 2026
$150,000 to $165,000 stated in the posting
Leads a paid media team and agencies, with ecommerce experience required

You would own paid social, search and affiliate for a direct-to-consumer brand, lead the in-house team and hold the agencies to their targets. The work and the seniority fit a director search. The score is held back because the posting requires ecommerce experience, which only fits if that is where you have worked.

Experience “10+ years of in-house hands-on paid media experience (search, paid social, affiliate).”
Team “Build, grow, and lead our in-house paid media team, including channel specialists across Paid Social, SEM, and Affiliate.”
Ecommerce (against) “Ecommerce experience is required, ideally within a fast-paced, high-growth environment.”
Location “Remote - within the United States”
71Sample score out of 100
Technology

Senior Site Reliability Engineer

ECS Tech Inc
Remote · 6+ years · Posted Oct 2026
$118,000 to $177,000 stated in the posting
Reliability and monitoring work, but it requires US citizenship

You would set up logging, monitoring and alerting, define service level objectives and respond to incidents for a federal cyber data platform. The experience asked for and the stated pay fit a senior engineer. The score is lower because the posting requires US citizenship and a public trust check, which rules the role out for some people.

Remote “Everforth ECS is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to work remotely.”
Experience “6+ years of experience as a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) or equivalent”
Pay “Salary Range: $118,000 - $177,000”
Citizenship (against) “Must be a US citizen with the ability to obtain Public Trust Suitability.”
86Sample score out of 100
Data and Analytics

Senior Data Engineer- Data Platform

Vida Health
Remote, United States · 5+ years · Posted Oct 2026
$160,000 to $170,000 stated in the posting
Owns a production data platform end to end, open only in states where Vida operates

You would own the systems that bring in, check and serve health plan and clinical data, from ingestion through delivery. The experience asked for, the stated pay and the end to end ownership fit a senior data engineer. The score stops short of the top because the posting limits hiring to states where Vida is registered, so where you live decides whether it is open to you.

Experience “5+ years building production data systems.”
Ownership “Own production data systems and domains from ingestion through delivery.”
Pay “$160,000 - $170,000 a year”
Location (against) “Vida is authorized to do business in many, but not all, states.”

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