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Ginkgo Bioworks salary data

Ginkgo Bioworks publishes pay ranges on 12 of its open roles. These are the company's own published figures, not estimates or crowd-sourced guesses.

Last checked 19 August 2026

$162k
Median midpoint
$38k
Lowest published
$290k
Highest published
12
Roles with pay

Pay by role at Ginkgo Bioworks

RoleOpeningsFromTo
Software Engineer3$134k$190k
Engineer2$86k$138k
Where this comes from. Every figure is taken from Ginkgo Bioworks's own job board and recorded each day. When a range changes, we keep both the old number and the new one — which is how you can see pay moving rather than just where it stands today.

Roles with published pay

RoleLocationTeamSalary
Senior Director, MultiomicsBoston, MassachusettsDatapoints Functional Genomics Delivery$183k – $290k
Associate Director, Sales, Datapoints Small Molecule BusinessBoston, MassachusettsDatapoints Small Molecule Developability$138k – $222k
HTS ScientistBoston, MassachusettsDatapoints Small Molecule Developability$71k – $106k
Senior Manufacturing EngineerCalifornia, United StatesAutomation Hardware Engineering$98k – $138k
Senior Software Engineer, Autonomous Lab (Scheduling & Optimization)Boston, MassachusettsAutomation Software$134k – $190k
Senior Software Engineer, Autonomous LabBoston, MassachusettsAutomation Software$134k – $190k
Director, Government Partnership DevelopmentRemote, USGovernment Business Development and Program Management$170k – $274k
Automation Engineer 2, Automation Support ApplicationsBoston, MassachusettsAutomation Support$86k – $120k
Senior Software Engineer, Full StackBoston, MassachusettsBiosecurity Software$134k – $190k
Software Intern, Autonomous LabEmeryville, CaliforniaAutomation Software$38k – $54k
Software Graduate Intern, Autonomous LabEmeryville, CaliforniaAutomation Software$45k – $64k
Automation Scientist Intern, RAC OperationsBoston, MassachusettsRAC Users$38k – $54k

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