Bid & Proposal Salary Index
Head of Proposals / Proposal Team Leader salary, United States, 5–10 years
Advertised base salaries from Head of Proposals / Proposal Team Leader adverts in United States.
Bid & Proposal Salary Index
Advertised base salaries from Head of Proposals / Proposal Team Leader adverts in United States.
Head of Proposals / Proposal Team Leader salary, United States, 5–10 years
$130,000
advertised base salary, 5–10 years · from 1 advert
1 advert1 employerLow dataUpdated 3 Nov 2026Adverts posted 1 Aug 2026 – 3 Nov 2026
Permanent roles stating pay
50%
1 of 2 adverts · Low data
The median for every role, emailed to you.
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Every step here involves an experience group marked Low data, so none is called the biggest. The steps are in the table below.
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View BidMaster™The 1 advert we hold sits in $130,000–$135,000.
Advertised base salary $130,000
Adverts per $5,000 band
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Only one sector has a figure here: Healthcare & Medical, at an advertised salary of $130,000 from 1 advert, marked Low data.
Based on the one advert, whose sector we know, read from the advert. Converted using exchange rates from 1 November 2026. Not adjusted for cost of living or tax. How conversion works →
United States has the highest available advertised median among the 3 countries with salary figures for this role, based on 35 adverts.
Converted using exchange rates from 1 November 2026. Not adjusted for cost of living or tax. How conversion works →
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International Recruitment5 benefit categories are named equally often, each in 100% of the 2 adverts that discuss benefits.
Based on 2 adverts that discuss benefits, from 2 permanent-role adverts for Head of Proposals / Proposal Team Leader in United States at 5–10 years. AI groups the benefit wording and can miss or misclassify it. How AI reads benefits →
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+39% over 2 complete months.
complete months used: Sept 2026 to Oct 2026 · short history · axis does not start at zero
Day rates. No Head of Proposals / Proposal Team Leader advert in United States, at any experience level, stated a day rate during this period. Why we never annualise one →
How many adverts say what they pay. 1 of the 2 permanent adverts behind the figures on this page state a usable salary (50%, Low data): 1 in a structured field and 0 found only in the advert text. Contract and part-time adverts are not counted here; contract day rates have their own line. AI reads salaries found only in advert text and can misread them. How we read and count salaries →
| Band | Lower quarter | Advertised salary | Upper quarter | Adverts | Confidence | Change to next group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry level | No figure | No figure | No figure | 0 | No figure | No step |
| 2–5 years | No figure | No figure | No figure | 0 | No figure | No step |
| 5–10 years | $130,000 | $130,000 | $130,000 | 1 | Low data | +$22,500 (+17%) |
| 10+ years | $110,000 | $152,500 | $178,750 | 34 | Indicative | No step |
| Not stated | No figure | No figure | No figure | 0 | No figure | No step |
| Band | Adverts | Share |
|---|---|---|
| $130,000–$135,000 | 1 | 100% |
| Sector | Advertised salary | Local | 95% interval | Adverts | Employers | Confidence | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & Medical | $130,000 | $130,000 | Not available | 1 | 1 | Low data | No, Low data |
| Country | Advertised salary | Local | Adverts |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | $152,500 | $152,500 | 35 |
| Germany | $109,000 | €98,000 | 1 |
| Italy | $81,000 | €72,500 | 3 |
| Benefit | Share | Denominator |
|---|---|---|
| Family & care leave | 100% | 2 |
| Health & medical | 100% | 2 |
| Learning & development | 100% | 2 |
| Paid leave | 100% | 2 |
| Retirement & pension | 100% | 2 |
| Allowances & stipends | 50% | 2 |
| Bonus & incentive | 50% | 2 |
| Flexible working | 50% | 2 |
| Life & disability insurance | 50% | 2 |
| Wellbeing & lifestyle | 50% | 2 |
| Month | Median | Lower quarter | Upper quarter | Adverts | Low data | Used in trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2026 | $105,000 | $105,000 | $130,000 | 5 | yes | no, fewer than 6 advertised salaries |
| Sept 2026 | $110,000 | $110,000 | $200,000 | 7 | no | yes |
| Oct 2026 | $152,500 | $137,500 | $177,500 | 15 | no | yes |
| Nov 2026 | $159,500 | $148,125 | $176,875 | 8 | no | no, month incomplete |
| Market | Rate | Likely range (95%) | In salary field | From text | Adverts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Proposals / Proposal Team Leader in United States, 5–10 years | 50% | 9%–91% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
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