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McKesson Salary

McKesson Salary

McKesson pays a median of $135K ($107K–$168K) across 393 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $107K–$168K salary range

Median: $135K  ·  Based on 393 public McKesson job postings  ·  Updated October 30, 2026


This McKesson salary benchmark is built from public job postings — no private placement data. Figures reflect the posted-range midpoint (equity is separate) and are refreshed as new postings are collected.

📊 Salary breakdown

McKesson · pay benchmark · updated October 30, 2026
$135K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$107K–$168K
Typical range
$634K view JD
Highest base · Account Executive, Seattle, Tacoma WA
393
Open roles
~7 yrs
Typical exp.
+195
339 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 78% of roles mention equity · options
IC salary by seniority
Mid
$135K (24)
Senior
$142K (58)
Staff
$238K (5)
Highest-paying skills
NLP $217KProduct Roadmap $182KAgile $182KFP&A $181KGithub Actions $175KSoc 2 $175KPostgreSQL $171KSpring $170K

Highest-paying open roles at McKesson

McKesson engineering & product salary by seniority

  • Mid: $135K median · $192K top base — Release Train Engineer (view JD) (24)
  • Senior: $142K median · $272K top base — Lead Software Development Engineering (view JD) (58)
  • Staff: $238K median · $325K top base — Principal AI Engineer (view JD) (5)

McKesson engineering & product management salary

  • Director: $205K median · $306K top base — Sr. Director, NAPD Domain Architect (view JD) (11)

McKesson salary by location

  • Remote: $153K median · $634K top base — Account Executive, Seattle, Tacoma WA (view JD) (28 roles)

Remote work at McKesson

18% of McKesson's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly. Remote roles run a $153K median vs $116K onsite.

What McKesson looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: CI/CD (34) · Azure (32) · SQL (31) · Python (25) · Team Leadership (23) · GCP (16) · Java (14) · Terraform (14) · AWS (12) · Kubernetes (11).

Benefits & perks at McKesson

Commonly listed: bonus (305) · 401k (10) · pto (10) · dental (9) · medical (7) · gym (5) · relocation (4) · vision (2).

About McKesson

McKesson is Public stage · 10,001+ employees · founded 1833 · HQ Irving, Texas. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at McKesson

Roles typically ask for around 7 years of experience (up to 15+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 150 that do, Bachelor's and Master's and PhD and Associate's are most common.

Posted pay vs. total compensation

The figures on this page are the midpoint of each posting's advertised salary range (which, for commission roles, includes on-target earnings). Equity is a separate — and often large — component of total compensation, especially at high-growth and AI-native companies; 78% of these postings reference equity (options). Equity is not included in the medians above.

McKesson total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 100% of roles list a bonus; common structures: salaried. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

McKesson hiring activity

McKesson has 393 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 393 public job postings with disclosed pay. 195 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (339 in the last 90). Mostly full-time, with 38 contract roles in the mix.

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Common questions

What does McKesson pay?
The median pay is $135K, with a typical range of $107K–$168K, based on 393 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at McKesson?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Account Executive, Seattle, Tacoma WA, at $159K–$634K base.

Where does this data come from?
Public job postings on company career pages and public job boards — no private placement or client data.

Methodology

Posted-range midpoints (USD) aggregated from 393 public McKesson job postings (2025–2026). Range = 25th–75th percentile; median = 50th percentile. Roles, departments, skills, and experience are parsed from the postings. Base salary only — equity excluded. Last refreshed October 30, 2026.

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