Contract Specialist salary: median $102,500 a year
Contract Specialist listings that state pay run from $85,500 to $111,500 for the middle half, based on 44 current job listings. 58 contract specialist roles are open now.
Contract Specialist pay range
From 44 open listings that state pay. Annual, in US dollars.
- Lower quarter
- $85,500
- Median
- $102,500
- Upper quarter
- $111,500
Do AI skills change contract specialist pay?
For Legal roles in general, as of November 9, 2026. This is the function’s figure, not one for contract specialist alone: one title rarely has enough listings on both sides.
Among Legal listings, those that ask for an AI skill advertise a median $207,000, against $136,000 for those that never mention AI (+52%). That raw gap is not matched on level or industry.
- Listings that ask for an AI skill
- $207,000
- median, from 281 paid listings
- Listings that never mention AI
- $136,000
- median, from 758 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: Legal pay by level, skills that pay more and pay by employer size.
Open contract specialist jobs
Verified against the employer’s own career site within the last week.
- Contract Specialist
Oxford College of Emory University · Atlanta, GA, US
Nov 6, 2026
- Contract Specialist (SV-F)
Transportation Security Administration · Springfield, Virginia
$71k–$133k · Nov 6, 2026
- Contract Specialist (GS-12/13)
Department of Energy Headquarters · Washington, District of Columbia; Idaho Falls, Idaho; Lexington, Kentucky
$90k–$158k · Nov 6, 2026
- Contract Specialist (GS-7)
US Army Civilian Human Resources Agency · Elmendorf AFB, Alaska
$57k–$110k · Nov 6, 2026
- CONTRACT SPECIALIST (GS-12)
Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command · Andersen Air Base, Guam; Finegayan, Guam; Nimitz Hill, Guam
$90k–$116k · Nov 6, 2026
- Contract Specialist (GL-5)
Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System · Tallahassee, Florida
$41k–$53k · Nov 5, 2026
- Contract Specialist (GS-12/13)
Defense Contract Management Agency · Salt Lake City, Utah; Seattle, Washington; Phoenix, Arizona
$90k–$138k · Nov 5, 2026
- CONTRACT SPECIALIST (GS-11/12)
Naval Systems Management Activity · Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, District of Columbia; Washington Navy Yard, District of Columbia; Arlington, Virginia
$85k–$133k · Nov 5, 2026
- Contract Specialist (GL-5/7)
Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System · Edgefield, South Carolina
$50k–$72k · Nov 4, 2026
- CONTRACT SPECIALIST
US Department of War · Louisville, KY
Nov 4, 2026
- Contract Specialist (GS-11/12)
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency · Salt Lake City, Utah; Seattle, Washington; Phoenix, Arizona
$85k–$133k · Nov 4, 2026
- Contract Specialist (GS-11)
Executive Director, Office of Acquisition, Logistics and Construction · Birmingham, Alabama; Montgomery, Alabama; Tuscaloosa, Alabama
$75k–$114k · Nov 4, 2026
- Contract Specialist (GS-11)
Executive Director, Office of Acquisition, Logistics and Construction · Anchorage, Alaska; Phoenix, Arizona; Prescott, Arizona
$75k–$121k · Nov 4, 2026
- Contract Specialist (GS-11)
Executive Director, Office of Acquisition, Logistics and Construction · Fayetteville, Arkansas; Little Rock, Arkansas; Tucson, Arizona
$75k–$112k · Nov 4, 2026
- Contract Specialist (GS-12)
Executive Director, Office of Acquisition, Logistics and Construction · Salt Lake City, Utah; Seattle, Washington; Phoenix, Arizona
$90k–$145k · Nov 4, 2026
Showing the newest 15 of about 58 verified open jobs here. Search all jobs
Legal jobs in the rankings
Rankings about legal jobs
- Best cities for legal jobs #1 New York (854 openings)
- Best cities for legal pay after cost of living #1 San Mateo ($238k)
- Most requested AI skills in legal jobs #1 AI tools in daily work (3.9%)
- Employers with the most legal jobs #1 Morgan & Morgan (195 roles)
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Contract Specialist salary questions
- How much does a contract specialist make?
- Among 44 open contract specialist listings that state pay, the median is $102,500 a year, and half of listings fall between $85,500 and $111,500.
- Where does this contract specialist 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 contract specialists the most?
- Of the states with enough listings, District of Columbia has the highest median listed pay at $117,500.
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