Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc. H-1B salaries

Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc. filed 57 certified H-1B applications between Nov 2023 and Jun 2026. Half of them paid more than $116,700 a year. The typical offer was 4% above the prevailing wage, the minimum the law sets for the job and place.

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Median salary offered: $116,700
Middle half earn: $91,374 to $138,900
Top 10% earn over: $161,029
Certified filings: 57

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Pay by job title


Associate Director, Commercial Operations	3	$136,100	–	$136,100 – $157,136
Senior Organism Engineer 2	3	$138,900	–	$138,900 – $138,900
Senior Organism Engineer 1	3	$119,808	–	$118,254 – $122,904
Organism Engineer 2	3	$85,400	–	$78,445 – $85,400
Organism Engineer 3	3	$99,100	–	$99,100 – $99,550
Automation Engineer 3	2	$127,427	+1%	$119,714 – $135,140
Mammalian Engineer 3	2	$105,169	–	$102,134 – $108,204
Organism Engineer 1	2	$79,776	–	$76,964 – $82,588
Operations Engineer 2, Mammalian	2	$78,666	–	$75,078 – $82,254
Test Engineer 3, HTS and Assay Dev	2	$107,166	–	$106,248 – $108,083
Operations Engineer 3, Omics and Analytical Chemistry	2	$93,808	–	$92,591 – $95,025
Director, Datapoints Product Management	1	$163,800	–	$163,800 – $163,800
Downstream Process Engineer 2	1	$107,099	–	$107,099 – $107,099
Associate Director, Business Development	1	$162,573	+16%	$162,573 – $162,573
Associate Director, Continuous Improvement & Industrial Eng.	1	$150,000	–	$150,000 – $150,000
Associate Director, Business Dev and Technical Solutions	1	$145,800	–	$145,800 – $145,800
Automation Applications Engineer 3	1	$89,675	–	$89,675 – $89,675
Engineer 2, Analytical Chemistry	1	$88,483	–	$88,483 – $88,483
Manager, Demand Planning	1	$128,627	−15%	$128,627 – $128,627
Mammalian Engineer 2	1	$91,374	–	$91,374 – $91,374
Fermentation Engineer 2	1	$85,400	–	$85,400 – $85,400
Engineer II	1	$86,299	−19%	$86,299 – $86,299
Manager, Business Development and Technical Solutions	1	$119,725	–	$119,725 – $119,725
Fementation Engineer 2	1	$85,400	–	$85,400 – $85,400
Engineer 3, Science	1	$105,331	–	$105,331 – $105,331
Senior Design Engineer 2	1	$151,154	–	$151,154 – $151,154
Senior Design Engineer 1	1	$119,800	–	$119,800 – $119,800
Principal Software Engineer	1	$196,000	+19%	$196,000 – $196,000
Senior Director, Marketing	1	$226,000	+12%	$226,000 – $226,000
Senior Mammalian Engineer 2	1	$160,000	–	$160,000 – $160,000
Senior Fermentation Engineer 2	1	$138,900	–	$138,900 – $138,900
Senior Organism Engineer 3	1	$164,600	–	$164,600 – $164,600
Senior Engineer 1, Automation	1	$124,200	–	$124,200 – $124,200
Senior Process Engineer 1	1	$118,331	−6%	$118,331 – $118,331
Senior Scientist, Antibody Discovery & Characterization	1	$143,894	–	$143,894 – $143,894
Senior Test Engineer 1, HTS and Assay Dev	1	$118,331	–	$118,331 – $118,331
Senior Software Engineer 2	1	$148,000	−18%	$148,000 – $148,000
Senior Test Engineer 1, Omics and Analytical Chemistry	1	$116,700	–	$116,700 – $116,700
Test Engineer 3	1	$90,000	−1%	$90,000 – $90,000
Test Engineer 3, Omics and Analytical Chemistry	1	$99,100	–	$99,100 – $99,100
Test Operations Engineer 2, HTS and Assay Dev	1	$84,262	–	$84,262 – $84,262

Where they work

Bigger dots mean more filings; darker blue means higher pay.


Boston, MA	49	$111,238	$90,000 – $136,100
Cambridge, MA	3	$99,100	$94,388 – $119,000
Chicago, IL	2	$202,086	$190,130 – $214,043
Emeryville, CA	1	$151,154	$151,154 – $151,154
Emoryville, CA	1	$142,854	$142,854 – $142,854
Wesley Chapel, FL	1	$148,000	$148,000 – $148,000

By year


2023	4	$155,000
2024	38	$105,619
2025	10	$110,500
2026	5	$119,808

By experience level


Level I	14	$85,400
Level II	10	$93,808
Level III	17	$119,725
Level IV	16	$149,000

Levels I to IV are the Labor Department's experience bands, from entry level (I) to fully competent (IV).