What's a good ATS score? Live benchmarks from real scans
Computed live from our scan corpus (rolling 180-day window, as of 2026-10-04) · Aggregates only, minimum 25 scans per bucket
The short answer
Across the last 379 completed scans, the median resume scored 58, with the middle half of resumes landing between 49 and 78. Only 23% scored 80 or higher — so a score in the 80s is genuinely strong, not table stakes. There is no universal pass mark: use the distribution below to see where you actually stand.
How real resumes score
Each row is a 10-point score band across every completed scan in the current window.
| Score band | Scans | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 0–9 | 2 | 0.5% |
| 20–29 | 4 | 1.1% |
| 30–39 | 44 | 11.6% |
| 40–49 | 46 | 12.1% |
| 50–59 | 102 | 26.9% |
| 60–69 | 57 | 15% |
| 70–79 | 37 | 9.8% |
| 80–89 | 26 | 6.9% |
| 90–99 | 61 | 16.1% |
Benchmarks by industry
Median and middle-half range (25th–75th percentile) per detected industry, minimum 25 scans each.
| Industry | Median | Middle half | Scans |
|---|---|---|---|
| Technology | 55 | 45–59 | 102 |
| Finance | 53 | 45–63 | 45 |
| Software Engineering | 88 | 75–95 | 44 |
| Healthcare | 46 | 40–53 | 30 |
By experience level
- Entry-Level: median 67 across 184 scans
- Mid-Level: median 50 across 84 scans
- Senior: median 58 across 82 scans
How to read these numbers honestly
Two caveats we insist on. First, this sample self-selects: people scan resumes when they suspect a problem, so the distribution likely sits below the true population of working professionals. Second, any resume score — ours included — is a model with error bars, not a measurement; what a resume score actually means explains how to read one without being fooled by false precision.
What the data is good for: ranking yourself against real peers instead of a made-up "75 is passing" threshold, and seeing that industry context matters — the same resume quality scores differently against different keyword expectations. Our methodology covers how the score itself is computed.
Common questions
What is a good ATS score?
Judge your score against the live distribution on this page, not a folklore threshold: the median and quartiles come from real scans in the last 180 days. Scoring above the 75th percentile means most resumes being checked right now score below yours; below the 25th percentile means parsing or keyword problems are very likely holding you back.
Do ATS systems themselves show scores like this?
Mostly no. Most ATS platforms rank and filter by recruiter searches rather than assigning a universal score. A resume score — ours included — is a diagnostic model of how well your resume will survive parsing and keyword search, not a number Workday or Greenhouse shows a recruiter.
Where do these numbers come from?
From completed scans run by real users on this site over a rolling 180-day window. Only aggregates are published: each industry or experience bucket must contain at least 25 scans before it appears, and no individual resume, score, or location is ever exposed.
Why might this sample skew low or high?
People who check their resume are often mid-job-search and suspect something is wrong, so the sample likely skews toward resumes with fixable problems. Treat the percentiles as a benchmark of active job seekers, not of every employed professional's resume.
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