Merck & Company

1,226 open jobs

General information

Merck & Company is a biopharmaceutical company that makes medicines, vaccines, and animal health products. Its products include the cancer drug Keytruda, the HPV vaccine Gardasil, and the investigational cancer therapy Intismeran autogene. Merck is based in Rahway, United States.

Merck started as a US subsidiary in 1891 and became independent in 1917, founded by Theodore Weicker and George Merck. The US government nationalized it in 1917 over its German ties, and it merged with Sharp & Dohme in 1953. It bought Schering-Plough for $41 billion in 2009. Merck is public, trading on the NYSE under ticker MRK. It has about 75,000 employees and made $65.01 billion in revenue in 2025; Keytruda alone brought in $29.5 billion in 2024. That matters: Keytruda's sales give Merck the cash to keep funding new drug research.

Currently, there's a total of 897 job openings at Merck & Company. Over the last 30 days, 939 jobs were added and 1,988 were removed (job postings usually stay up ~11 days before being removed). Historically, the median salary is ~$249,850. Merck & Company is a top-tier H-1B sponsor.¹

Website

merck.com

Headquarters

Rahway, United States

Industry

Healthcare & Life Sci

Hiring activity

1,226Open jobs

+1,200Added in 30 days

−1,628Closed in 30 days

11 daysHow long jobs stay open

New jobs added per week²

View these weekly figures as a table

Week beginning	New listings
July 20, 2026	306
July 27, 2026	277
August 3, 2026	116
August 10, 2026	378
August 17, 2026	0
August 24, 2026	435
August 31, 2026	259
September 7, 2026 (in progress)	506

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Pay

What does Merck & Company actually pay? Based on previous and active job listings with specified pay ranges, the median annual pay is $150,600. Note that 76% of jobs don't list any pay information, so figures may be skewed towards cities like NYC, where pay disclosure is mandated for each posting.⁴

Share of salaried jobs in each pay bracket

Share of salaried jobs in each pay bracket
Bracket	Jobs
Under $100k	192 jobs (23%)
$100k to $150k	165 jobs (20%)
$150k to $200k	238 jobs (29%)
$200k and up	231 jobs (28%)

Plus 4 hourly jobs at $39.59 to $49.21 an hour.

Posted ranges on jobs open now⁴

AVP, Therapeutic Area Head, Clinical Safety and Risk Management$378,100 – $595,100

Executive Director (Distinguished Scientist), Clinical Research, Atherosclerosis$310,900 – $489,400

Distinguished Scientist, Clinical Research, Thoracic Malignancies$310,900 – $489,400

$191k$595k

Executive Director, Product Development Team Leader, Clinical Research, Hematology - Lymphoma$310,900 – $489,400

AVP, Global Immunology Marketing, IBD$282,200 – $444,200

Senior Director, Clinical Development Metabolism (MASH)$282,200 – $444,200

Senior Principal Scientist, Clinical Research, Thoracic Malignancies$282,200 – $444,200

AVP, Engineering$282,200 – $444,200

Senior Clinical Director, Clinical Research, Hematology$282,200 – $444,200

Senior Principal Scientist, Clinical Research, Oncology Early Development$282,200 – $444,200

Senior Principal Scientist, Clinical Research - Immunology/Dermatology$282,200 – $444,200

Senior Clinical Director, Hematology$282,200 – $444,200

AVP, Head US Patient Engagement Center of Excellence$282,200 – $444,200

Senior Medical Director, Pulmonary Hypertension, Global Medical Affairs$282,200 – $444,200

Senior Principal Scientist, Clinical Research, Breast Cancer$282,200 – $444,200

CSRM Physician - Senior Principal Scientist, Drug Safety$282,200 – $444,200

Senior Principal Scientist, Clinical Research, Immunology$282,200 – $444,200

Principal Scientist (Director), Translational Medicine - Infectious Diseases$260,300 – $409,700

Principal Scientist, Early Clinical Development, Respiratory Therapeutic Area$260,300 – $409,700

Clinical Director, Oncology Early Development$255,800 – $402,700

Executive Director, Medical Affairs - COPD$255,800 – $402,700

Principal Scientist, Clinical Research, Immunology$255,800 – $402,700

Director, Clinical Research, Obesity$255,800 – $402,700

Executive Director, Vaccine Drug Product Development$255,800 – $402,700

Principal Scientist, Clinical Research, Thoracic Oncology$255,800 – $402,700

Principal Scientist, Clinical Research - Immunology/Dermatology$255,800 – $402,700

Principal Scientist, Translational Medicine, Neuroscience$255,800 – $402,700

Director (Principal Scientist), Clinical Research, Respiratory$255,800 – $402,700

Executive Director, Global Commercial Leader, Cardiometabolic$255,800 – $402,700

Executive Director, Direct-to-Patient Platform$255,800 – $402,700

Specialty, Pharma, & Infectious Diseases Competitive Intelligence Team Lead$255,800 – $402,700

Executive Director, Vaccines & Infectious Disease Policy$255,800 – $402,700

Executive Director, Oncology Policy Tumor$255,800 – $402,700

Executive Director, Immunology Discovery$255,800 – $402,700

Executive Director, V&I Outcomes Research Oncology, Precision Medicine and Portfolio RWE$255,800 – $402,700

Executive Director, Patient Experience and Acceleration$255,800 – $402,700

Clinical Director, Clinical Research, Hematology$255,800 – $402,700

Director, Cheminformatics - Modeling & Informatics$236,000 – $371,500

Executive Director, Technology Procurement$231,900 – $365,000

Senior Principal Scientist, Veterinary Pathology Board Certified$231,900 – $365,000

Distinguished Scientist, Quantitative Biosciences/ Nonclinical Pharmacology$231,900 – $365,000

Executive Director, Regulatory Affairs Liaison$231,900 – $365,000

Executive Director, Business Technology Partner, Discovery, Preclinical and Translational Medicine$231,900 – $365,000

Director, Obesity and Metabolic Diseases$214,100 – $337,000

Senior Principal Scientist, Quantitative Biosciences$214,100 – $337,000

Payer and Health Systems Oncology, Precision Medicine Medical Affairs Director (Midwest/South Central)$210,400 – $331,100

Principal Scientist, Veterinary Pathology Board Certified$210,400 – $331,100

Distinguished Scientist, Vaccines & Advanced Biotechnologies Process R&D$210,400 – $331,100

Distinguished Scientist, Companion Diagnostics$210,400 – $331,100

Sr. Principal Scientist, Clinical Operations Immunology Lead$210,400 – $331,100

Payer & Health Systems Oncology, Medical Affairs Director (PHSO MAD) (NC, SC, TN)$210,400 – $331,100

Senior Director, Quantitative Systems Pharmacology – Oncology (Hybrid or Remote)$210,400 – $331,100

Patent Counsel$210,400 – $331,100

Director, Regulatory Affairs Liaison, Vaccines & Infectious Diseases$210,400 – $331,100

Executive Director, Resiliency Operations Center$210,400 – $331,100

Senior Director, Advanced Pharmacometrics, Quantitative Pharmacology and Pharmacometrics – Immuno-Oncology (Hybrid or Remote)$210,400 – $331,100

Senior Director, Quantitative Pharmacology and Pharmacometrics – Immuno-Oncology$210,400 – $331,100

Executive Director, Intelligence Operations Center$210,400 – $331,100

Regional Medical Scientific Director (RMSD) - Gynecologic Malignancies - LA, MS, AL, TN, KY, IN, MI$210,400 – $331,100

Executive Director, Global Public Policy and Multilateral Engagement$210,400 – $331,100

Regional Medical Scientific Director-Thoracic Malignancies (Los Angeles)$210,400 – $331,100

Director, Oncology Data Science$194,100 – $305,600

Director, Discovery Chemistry$194,100 – $305,600

Senior Principal Scientist, Pharmacokinetics$194,100 – $305,600

Sr. Dir, Biology-Discovery$194,100 – $305,600

Principal Scientist, Lab Platform Disruptive Technologies$194,100 – $305,600

Senior Director, Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics, Metabolism and Bioanalysis, Protein Therapeutics$194,100 – $305,600

Senior Director, Oncology Small Molecule$194,100 – $305,600

Senior Director, Pharmacokinetics$194,100 – $305,600

Associate Director, Oncology Treatment Site Lead - Philly Territory (NJ, PA)$190,800 – $300,300

Associate Director, Oncology Treatment Site Lead - Southwest Territory (AZ, NM, San Diego CA)$190,800 – $300,300

Associate Director, Oncology Treatment Site Lead - St. Louis Territory (IL, MO)$190,800 – $300,300

Associate Director, Oncology Treatment Site Lead - OK-LA Territory (AL, KS, LA, OK)$190,800 – $300,300

Associate Director, Oncology Treatment Site Lead - Ohio Territory (OH, KY)$190,800 – $300,300

Associate Director, Oncology Treatment Site Lead - Penn Territory (PA, WV)$190,800 – $300,300

Associate Director, Oncology Treatment Site Lead - Texas Territory (TX)$190,800 – $300,300

Associate Director, Oncology Treatment Site Lead - North California Territory$190,800 – $300,300

Associate Director, Oncology Treatment Site Lead - New England Territory (ME, NH, NY, VT)$190,800 – $300,300

Associate Director, Oncology Treatment Site Lead - Northwest Territory (CO, ID, MT, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY)$190,800 – $300,300

Associate Director, Oncology Treatment Site Lead - Midwest Territory (IN, KY, MI)$190,800 – $300,300

Associate Director, Oncology Treatment Site Lead - Mid-South Territory (AL, MS, TN)$190,800 – $300,300

Associate Director, Oncology Treatment Site Lead - New England South Territory (CT, MA, RI)$190,800 – $300,300

Associate Director, Oncology Treatment Site Lead - NYC Territory (NYC)$190,800 – $300,300

Associate Director, Oncology Treatment Site Lead - Carolinas Territory (NC)$190,800 – $300,300

Associate Director, Oncology Treatment Site Lead - Atlanta Region (GA, SC)$190,800 – $300,300

Associate Director, Oncology Treatment Site Lead - Central Plains Territory (AR, KS, MO, NE)$190,800 – $300,300

Director, Market Access Oncology$190,800 – $300,300

Associate Director, Oncology Treatment Site Lead - Florida Territory (FL)$190,800 – $300,300

Director, Marketing$190,800 – $300,300

Associate Director, Oncology Treatment Site Lead - Upper Midwest Territory (IA, MN, ND, SD, WI)$190,800 – $300,300

Director, Individualized Therapy Operations, US Oncology Marketing$190,800 – $300,300

Director, Legal – U.S. Commercial and Compliance Legal$190,800 – $300,300

Associate Director, Oncology Treatment Site Lead - Mid-Atlantic Territory (MD, VA, DC, DE)$190,800 – $300,300

Director, Global Marketing, Doravirine/Islatravir Commercialization & Launch Excellence$190,800 – $300,300

Director, Global Oncology Marketing - Prostate Cancer$190,800 – $300,300

Director, Companion Animal Global Marketing – Long-Acting Injectable$190,800 – $300,300

Director, US Medical Affairs (US DMA) - Pulmonary Hypertension$190,800 – $300,300

Director, Doravirine/Islatravir Global Marketing Strategy$190,800 – $300,300

Director, US Hematology Marketing$190,800 – $300,300

Principal Scientist, Biostatistics, Late-Stage Clinical Development$190,800 – $300,300

Hourly jobs

Electrician$40 – $49 an hour

Instrument Mechanic$40 – $49 an hour

Millwright$40 – $49 an hour

Pipefitter/Plumber$40 – $49 an hour

Visa sponsorship

Does Merck & Company sponsor visas? Using USCIS data, we've collected the number of H-1Bs granted from 2021 to 2023 as well as the number of petitions they've requested so far this year. Merck & Company is a top employer for applicants who require sponsorship. Currently, they have 112 jobs certified for sponsorship in 2026, at a median pay of $125,414.⁵

Visa petitions approved each year (USCIS)⁵

H1B petitions approved, by fiscal year (USCIS)
Fiscal year	Approved
FY2021	213
FY2022	227
FY2023	26

Based on public USCIS and Department of Labor records. Past filings do not guarantee future sponsorship. Browse all H1B sponsors →

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Common questions

Is Merck & Company hiring now?

Yes. There are 1,226 open jobs, with 1,200 added in the last 30 days. They close fast though, often within 11 days, so don't wait.

Does Merck & Company sponsor H-1B visas?

Yes. Government records show 112 jobs certified for FY2026, at a median pay of $125,414.

How much does Merck & Company pay?

Posted pay runs $190,800 to $595,100 a year, and the median is $150,600. We only show pay the company printed itself, never estimates.

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Notes & sources

8,508 daily listing observations, Jul 10 to Sep 12 windowRechecked daily, last September 12, 2026

1. Company description. Written by InterviewOS from Merck & Company's public materials and press coverage; facts are checked against the sources below.
2. Weekly counts. A count is the number of listings the pipeline saw for the first time in that week. Weeks begin Monday; the onboarding week is excluded from the scale and every average.
3. Live counts. Deduplicated live listings observed daily on Merck & Company's own hiring system; last check September 12, 2026. Stale and syndicated posts on aggregator sites are not counted.
4. Posted pay. Ranges extracted from the text of Merck & Company's own listings; a range appears only when the employer printed one. Extraction is still rolling out, so this table can lag the board.
5. Federal visa records. USCIS H1B Employer Data Hub and US Department of Labor LCA disclosure files, matched to this company by name.

Sources
merck.com, checked daily
USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub
US Department of Labor LCA disclosure files
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