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Chief Medical Officer salary: median $314,000 a year

Chief Medical Officer listings that state pay run from $285,000 to $369,000 for the middle half, based on 30 current job listings. 178 chief medical officer roles are open now.

Chief Medical Officer pay range

From 30 open listings that state pay. Annual, in US dollars.

Lower quarter
$285,000
Median
$314,000
Upper quarter
$369,000

Do AI skills change chief medical officer pay?

For Clinical roles in general, as of November 10, 2026. This is the function’s figure, not one for chief medical officer alone: one title rarely has enough listings on both sides.

Among Clinical listings, those that ask for an AI skill advertise a median $165,000, against $139,500 for those that never mention AI (+18.4%). That raw gap is not matched on level or industry.

Listings that ask for an AI skill
$165,000
median, from 42 paid listings
Listings that never mention AI
$139,500
median, from 619 paid listings

Advertised pay only: the midpoint of the range an employer posted, on live U.S. postings read from the full text. “Asks for an AI skill” means the posting names a specific AI skill; “no AI” means it never mentions AI. A difference in what is advertised is not a promise of what you would be paid, and it does not show that learning a skill causes a raise.

See the AI-skill pay table for every function · Check your own pay against these listings

More pay data: Clinical pay by level, skills that pay more and pay by employer size.

Open chief medical officer jobs

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Chief Medical Officer salary questions

How much does a chief medical officer make?
Among 30 open chief medical officer listings that state pay, the median is $314,000 a year, and half of listings fall between $285,000 and $369,000.
Where does this chief medical officer pay data come from?
From current job listings on employers’ own career sites that state a pay range. Hourly pay is converted at 2,080 hours a year, and a listing’s midpoint is used. Listed pay is what employers advertise, not what people are paid.
Which state pays chief medical officers the most?
Of the states with enough listings, New York has the highest median listed pay at $337,500.

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