How much do jobs that ask for Cross-functional Leadership pay?

$165,000 to $252,000 for the middle half, median $210,000, from 712 paid postings from 377 employers. Other postings that list skills advertise a median $165,000.

Which jobs list Cross-functional Leadership most?

Engineering (141 postings), Sales (89 postings), Product (86 postings).

Cross-functional Leadership salary: what jobs that ask for it advertise

Name: Advertised pay in U.S. job postings that list Cross-functional Leadership
Creator: NextChapter

Postings that list Cross-functional Leadership advertise a median $210,000 (712 paid postings from 377 employers), against $165,000 for other postings that list skills. Matched on function, level and industry there is no clear gap.

By Justin KullaLast updated November 9, 2026

Cross-functional Leadership pay range

From 712 paid postings from 377 employers that list it. Annual, in US dollars.

Lower quarter: $165,000
Median: $210,000
Upper quarter: $252,000
Median without it: $165,000

Raw gap: +27.3%. This includes the seniority and field of the roles that list the skill.
Gap with function, level and industry matched: +0.8% (about $1.5k a year), across 187 postings in 8 comparison cells.

Where Cross-functional Leadership is asked for

The functions with the most postings that list it.

Skills with the highest median pay in the same function.

Questions about this data

How much do jobs that ask for Cross-functional Leadership pay?: $165,000 to $252,000 for the middle half, median $210,000, from 712 paid postings from 377 employers. Other postings that list skills advertise a median $165,000.
Does Cross-functional Leadership increase pay?: No clear gap. Matched on function, level and industry, postings that list Cross-functional Leadership advertise about the same as similar postings that do not.
Which jobs list Cross-functional Leadership most?: Engineering (141 postings), Sales (89 postings), Product (86 postings).

Method, download and how to cite

Data as of November 9, 2026. Rebuilt daily.

Pay is the midpoint of the range an employer posted (or stated in the posting text), converted to a year, on live U.S. professional jobs. It is advertised pay, not what anyone is paid.

A “gap, job mix matched” compares postings inside cells of the same function, level and industry, so a group is not credited for simply holding more senior or better-paid roles. It needs 150 or more postings across at least 5 cells with 15 postings on each side, and is shown as n/a otherwise. A gap is a difference in advertised pay between postings. It does not show that a skill, an industry or an employer size causes higher pay.

Download the CSV (aggregates only; no posting, employer or person is in it). Cite as: NextChapter, “Advertised pay in U.S. job postings that list Cross-functional Leadership”, data as of November 9, 2026, https://launchyournextchapter.com/resources/pay-data/skills/cross-functional-leadership

See also the AI skills salary premium, which uses the same method for AI skills only, and the salary by job title pages.

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