Patent Agent
Drafts and prosecutes patent applications for technical inventions. A science degree plus one exam opens the door.
- Pay band (est.)
- $105k–$185k
- Time to competence
- 6 years
- Licence
- Required
- Setting
- desk
- Leverage
- medium
- Place constraint
- low
- Physical demand
- 8/100
- Hours burden
- 62/100
Factor percentiles
Percentile against the whole curated set. Higher is better on that factor only.
- Play19th
Absorbing rather than merely paid.
- Specific knowledge73th
A combination of skills that is hard to copy.
- Leverage49th
Output that scales through code, media, capital or crew.
- Demand48th
Durability and shortage, scored conservatively.
- Pay86th
Mid-career floor and the range above it.
- Body85th
Inverse of physical demand and hours.
- Autonomy76th
Control of methods and time.
- People fit77th
Distance from your preferred people level.
- Place flexibility91th
Remote fit and freedom from specific metros.
- Time to skill44th
Inverse of years to competence.
- Meaning load17th
Care, craft and stewardship weight. Not a moral score.
- Downside tolerance93th
Inverse of named risk to body, market or platform.
Downside
Deadline-driven; volume depends on client R&D budgets.
Examine this against your weights
The percentiles above use the default weights. Set your own on the ranking and this vocation moves with them.
- Place constraint is low. Where you live is analysed at locationistics.com.
- Hours burden is 62/100 and people intensity 45/100. Who you are with is analysed at relationistics.com.
Source note: Industry survey patterns; editorial estimate. All figures are estimates for comparison.