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Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc.

Employer · Massachusetts, United States

Employer address
Massachusetts, United States
Applications on record
179
FY2025 applications
15
FY2026 to 30 June
6
Programmes
LCA · PERM
Certified (last three years)
100.0%
Median offered wage
$116,700
Most common occupation
Biological Scientists, All Other
H-1B dependent (as declared)
No
Certified100.0%of decided applications, last three years
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc. appears in 179 applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor between fiscal 2016 and fiscal 2026 (to 30 June). In fiscal 2025 it filed 15.

Applications by fiscal year — Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc.

2039FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
2039FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY20164
FY20176
FY20189
FY20195
FY20209
FY202129
FY202230
FY202327
FY202439
FY202515
FY2026*6
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*60
FY2025132
FY2024381
FY2023252
FY2022273
FY2021281
FY202090
FY201950
FY201863
FY201760
FY201640
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Where the jobs are

Worksite of each application as filed (first worksite where several are listed).

Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc.: applications by worksite state

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Data table
StateApplications
MA170
IL3
CA3
FL2
NJ1
Worksite states
  1. Massachusetts170
  2. Illinois3
  3. California3
  4. Florida2
  5. New Jersey1
Worksite cities
  1. Boston, MA163
  2. Cambridge, MA6
  3. Chicago, IL3
  4. Emeryville, CA2
  5. Wesley Chapel, FL2
  6. Jersey City, NJ1
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

What they hire for and pay

Occupations, job titles and offered wages as stated on the applications.

Occupations (SOC 2018)
  1. Biological Scientists, All Other62
  2. Biochemists and Biophysicists47
  3. Software Developers14
  4. Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers11
  5. Microbiologists8
  6. Natural Sciences Managers6
  7. Mechanical Engineers4
  8. General and Operations Managers4
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Strain Engineer14
  2. Organism Engineer13
  3. Organism Engineer 38
  4. Senior Organism Engineer6
  5. Associate Director, Commercial Operations5
  6. Senior Software Engineer4
  7. Test Engineer4
  8. Senior Organism Engineer 24

Offered annual wage, FY2024–FY2026, 10th to 90th percentile

Median $116,700; middle half $91,374 to $138,900 · median prevailing wage $107,931 (marker) · 57 applications.

$80k$105k$130k$155k$180k
$80k$105k$130k$155k$180k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I14
  2. Level II10
  3. Level III17
  4. Level IV16
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

H-1B petitions decided by USCIS

Approvals and denials of Form I-129 petitions, by USCIS fiscal year. Linked by employer name, state and the last four digits of the tax ID.

Approved H-1B petitions (initial + continuing)

2447FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023
2447FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2023
Data table
FY20162
FY20173
FY20184
FY20194
FY202010
FY202147
FY202226
FY20235
Fiscal yearInitial approvalsInitial denialsContinuing approvalsContinuing denials
FY20231140
FY202290170
FY2021210260
FY20204060
FY20193011
FY20183010
FY20172110
FY20162000
Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services — H-1B Employer Data Hub (FY2009–FY2023)Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Law firms on the filings

Firms named as the employer's representative (firm names only).

Applications by law firm
  1. Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP89
  2. Tocci & Lee, LLC73
  3. Savitz Law Offices, P.C.1
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Among employers in Massachusetts

Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc. has 179 work visa applications on record (FY2016–FY2026), ranking #304 of 6,297 sponsoring employers in Massachusetts and #7,413 of 168,030 in the United States; that is 0.04% of the applications filed by employers based in Massachusetts.

Rank in Massachusetts
304 of 6,297
Rank in the United States
7,413 of 168,030
Share of Massachusetts's applications
0.04%
Employers in the same industry group (NAICS 541) in Massachusetts
2,667
Largest sponsoring employers in Massachusetts
  1. Virtusa Corporation13,005
  2. Randstad Technologies, LLC11,730
  3. Fidelity Technology Group, LLC11,656
  4. Patni Americas Inc.10,160
  5. NTT Data, Inc.9,000
  6. The Boston Consulting Group, Inc.8,475
  7. The Mathworks, Inc.8,037
  8. Emc Corporation6,787
  9. Avco Consulting Inc6,325
  10. Harvard University6,206
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

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