Protocol Manager / Director of Protocol

The median is $85K. The band runs $65K at the 25th percentile to $140K at the 90th.

Scarcity reads 9 of 10. The reachable pool is 200 to 500 people. A search takes about 20 weeks.

Seventy-eight roles in the set carry a scarcity of 9 or above. Their median pay is $265K. This one pays $85K, the lowest of the seventy-eight. The next cheapest is last week's aircraft mechanic, at $120K.

It is not a junior seat either. The set holds 131 roles that typically want eighteen years of experience or more, and their median is $275K. This role wants eighteen, and is the lowest paid of those too.

Confidence on this row is thin, and that matters more here than it usually would. A seat this rare paying this far under its scarcity band is either a real gap in the market or a row the set has not seen enough of. Both are worth knowing. Only one of them is a hiring signal.