# How Wide Is a Salary Range? (2026)

Data through June 2026.

Posted salary-range width as a percent of the lower bound. A band is the pay RANGE shown
to candidates (posted or estimated), not employer-disclosed pay.

- Median width: 37.3% of the lower bound
- p25 / p75 width: 20.8% / 60%
- p90 width: 93% (the widest tenth nearly doubles)
- Single-number postings: 3.2%

Decoder thresholds: narrow <15% · typical 15–50% · wide 50–90% · red-flag >90%.

Width by seniority mix (median % of lower bound):
- New Grad, Entry, Mid Level: 50% (n=216)
- Entry, Mid, Senior Level: 47.9% (n=546)
- Mid, Senior Level: 41.2% (n=44,901)
- Entry, Mid Level: 39.6% (n=15,738)
- New Grad, Entry Level: 39.1% (n=5,655)
- Entry Level: 37.3% (n=5,565)
- Experienced: 36.4% (n=361)
- Mid Level: 35.8% (n=45,786)
- (none): 35.7% (n=32,657)
- Senior Level: 35% (n=44,709)

Source: SoviaJobs Job Market Research. Salary = platform-estimated posted ranges.
Free to use with citation + link to https://www.soviajobs.com/market-research.