Ginkgo Bioworks salary data
Ginkgo Bioworks publishes pay ranges on 17 of its open roles. These are the company's own published figures, not estimates or crowd-sourced guesses.
Last checked 02 October 2026
$140k
Median midpoint
$38k
Lowest published
$290k
Highest published
17
Roles with pay
Pay by role at Ginkgo Bioworks
| Role | Openings | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 4 | $112k | $190k |
| Engineer | 2 | $86k | $138k |
| Operations | 2 | $38k | $54k |
| Director & Head of | 2 | $170k | $290k |
| Research Scientist | 2 | $71k | $184k |
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
| Role | Location | Team | Salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corporate Counsel new | Boston, Massachusetts | Legal - Commercial Transactions | $144k – $217k |
| Automation Scientist Graduate Intern, RAC Operations | Boston, Massachusetts | RAC Users | $38k – $54k |
| Software Engineer III - Driver Developer (Autonomous Lab) | Boston, Massachusetts | Automation Software | $112k – $160k |
| Scientist, AI/ML — Antibody Developability | California, United States | Datapoints Antibody Developability | $131k – $184k |
| Computational Synthetic Chemist | Boston, Massachusetts | Datapoints Small Molecule Developability | $115k – $165k |
| Senior Director, Multiomics | Boston, Massachusetts | Datapoints Functional Genomics Delivery | $183k – $290k |
| Senior Software Engineer, Autonomous Lab (Scheduling & Optimization) | Boston, Massachusetts | Automation Software | $134k – $190k |
| Senior Software Engineer, Autonomous Lab | Boston, Massachusetts | Automation Software | $134k – $190k |
| Director, Government Partnership Development | Remote, US | Government Business Development and Program Management | $170k – $274k |
| Automation Engineer 2, Automation Support Applications | Boston, Massachusetts | Automation Support | $86k – $120k |
| Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack | Boston, Massachusetts | Biosecurity Software | $134k – $190k |
| Software Intern, Autonomous Lab | Emeryville, California | Automation Software | $38k – $54k |
| Software Graduate Intern, Autonomous Lab | Emeryville, California | Automation Software | $45k – $64k |
| Automation Scientist Intern, RAC Operations | Boston, Massachusetts | RAC Users | $38k – $54k |
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