Bioinformatics Scientist salary: $164K median
The median advertised Bioinformatics Scientist salary is $164K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $128K to $212K: counted from 50 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $79 an hour or $13,688 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $268K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll bioinformatics scientist jobs
$164Kmedian advertised salary
$128K – $212Kmiddle half of roles
$175Kaverage advertised salary
50roles counted
Skills that pay more for Bioinformatics Scientist roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| R | $212K | +$48K | 5 |
| Regulatory compliance | $210K | +$46K | 6 |
| Clinical trials | $207K | +$43K | 10 |
| PyTorch | $206K | +$42K | 5 |
| LLM | $201K | +$37K | 8 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Freenome | $170K | 5 |
| LatchBio | $160K | 3 |
| Tempus | $112K | 3 |
| Flagship Pioneering, Inc. | $104K | 6 |
Highest-paying open Bioinformatics Scientist roles
All bioinformatics scientist jobs- Senior / Principal Computational Biologist, AI SafetyLila Sciences · 🇺🇸🇬🇧Cambridge, MA USA; London, UK; San Francisco, CA USA$268K - $384KLead and aboveLLMAI
- Computational Scientist, Structural & ThermalPeriodic Labs · 🇺🇸Menlo Park, CA$250K - $350KPythonC++Machine Learning
- Computational Scientist, Differentiable PhysicsPeriodic Labs · 🇺🇸Menlo Park, CA$250K - $350KPythonC++LLM
- Senior Director, Medical Affairs BiostatisticsDyne Therapeutics · 🇺🇸Waltham, MA$265K - $300KLead and aboveCausal inferenceClinical trialsStatistics
- Director, BiostatisticsKiniksa Pharmaceuticals · 🇺🇸Lexington, MA$235K - $300KLead and aboveObjective-C
- Director/Senior Director, Computational ChemistryFlagship Pioneering, Inc. · 🇺🇸Cambridge, MA USA$176K - $294KLead and above
- Director, BiostatisticsSummit Therapeutics · 🇺🇸Remote (US)$246K - $290KRemoteLead and aboveGCPRData quality
- Director, BiostatisticsTango Therapeutics · 🇺🇸Boston, MA$191K - $287KLead and aboveRRegulatory complianceClinical trials
- Staff Computational BiologistFreenome · Remote$188K - $270KRemoteLead and abovePythonC++Machine Learning
- Staff Computational BiologistFreenome · Remote$188K - $270KRemoteLead and abovePythonMachine LearningPandas
- Biostatistics Director, Medical AffairsBridgeBio Pharma · 🇺🇸Remote - USA$222K - $255KRemoteLead and above
- Biostatistician, Quantitative EpidemiologyHinge Health · 🇺🇸San Francisco-HQ$170K - $254KHybridPythonSQLGCP
- Computational Chemist - Machine Learned Force Fields, Material DiscoverySandboxaq · 🇺🇸United States$134K - $252KRemotePythonMachine LearningPyTorch
- Computational ChemistEdison Scientific · 🇺🇸San Francisco$180K - $250KPython
- Senior Scientist I, Computational Protein DesignGenerate Biomedicines · 🇺🇸Somerville, MA$172K - $241KSeniorPythonMachine LearningLLM
- Associate Director, BiostatisticsBeeline Medicines · 🇺🇸Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States$181K - $235KLead and aboveRegulatory complianceClinical trialsStatistics
- Associate Director, Biostatistics & AIBridgeBio Pharma · 🇺🇸Remote - USA$174K - $217KRemoteLead and abovePythonLLMAI
- Head of Computational BiologyAlta Resource Technologies, Inc. · 🇺🇸Boulder, Colorado$155K - $215KLead and aboveMachine LearningAWS
- Principal Scientist, Structural Biology / Protein BiophysicsFlagship Pioneering, Inc. · 🇺🇸Cambridge, MA USA$163K - $214KLead and above
- Associate Director, Structural BiologyParabilis Medicines · Cambridge$170K - $200KLead and abovePython
Questions about Bioinformatics Scientist pay
- What is the average Bioinformatics Scientist salary?
- $175K a year on average and $164K at the median, across 50 open Bioinformatics Scientist postings at companies that state pay (November 2026). The median is the better guide: a few very high offers pull the average up.
- What is the typical range?
- The middle half of the postings offer $128K to $212K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Bioinformatics Scientist pay?
- Freenome ($170K), LatchBio ($160K), Tempus ($112K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a bioinformatics scientist a high-paying job?
- The median Bioinformatics Scientist posting advertises $164K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 6% below the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a bioinformatics scientist?
- A tenth of the postings offer $268K a year or more; the highest open Bioinformatics Scientist role advertises up to $384K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the Bioinformatics Scientist salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $164K a year is about $79 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $13,688 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $62 to $102 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for Bioinformatics Scientist roles?
- Postings that ask for R (+$48K, 5 postings), Regulatory compliance (+$46K, 6 postings), Clinical trials (+$43K, 10 postings) advertise more than the $164K median of all Bioinformatics Scientist postings with pay.
- Where do these figures come from?
- From the pay ranges employers print in their own job postings, read from their careers pages every hour. The midpoint of each range is counted. These are advertised ranges for open roles, mostly in the United States and in US dollars, not what people are actually paid.
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The median advertised salary for Bioinformatics Scientist roles at companies is $164K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $128K to $212K. Counted from 50 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/bioinformatics/
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