GINKGO BIOWORKS

Professional, Scientific & Technical Services · Primarily MA · PERM filings 2020–2023

#10,433 top sponsor

Overview

GINKGO BIOWORKS is a Professional, Scientific & Technical Services employer that has filed 7 PERM green-card applications between FY2020 and FY2023. That places it #10,433 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 2 were certified (28.6% approval rate), taking about 218 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Molecular and Cellular Biologists, with most worksites in MA, and the median sponsored wage is $115,000.

7

PERM filings

28.6%

approval

0

denied

$115,000

median wage

218d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 7 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is INDIA (43%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

  • India3
  • Taiwan1
  • South Korea1
  • South Africa1
  • Canada1

Prior visa status

  • H-1B5
  • F-11
  • O-11

Education

  • Doctorate4
  • Bachelor's2
  • Master's1

PERM filings by year

Occupations & job titles

The occupations GINKGO BIOWORKS most often sponsors, with average wages.

OccupationFilingsAvg wage
Molecular and Cellular Biologists 3 $98,333
Software Developers, Applications 1 $115,000
Marketing Managers 1 $150,000
Biochemists and Biophysicists 1 $125,000
Software Developers 1 $160,000

Common job titles

Organism Engineer 1 Software Solution Engineer 1 Manager, Commercial Operations and Strategy 1 Senior Mammalian Cell Engineer 1 Senior Fermentation Engineer 1 Mammalian Cell Engineer 1 Senior Software Engineer 1

Worksite states

MA 7

Wage range

$100,000

25th

$115,000

median

$125,000

75th

$150,000

90th

Law firms used

  • Tocci Lee, LLC6
  • Berry Appleman Leiden LLP1

Recent filings

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
A-23095-23344 Senior Software EngineerCertified Boston, MA May 28, 2024
A-21362-91391 Mammalian Cell EngineerCertified-Expired Cambridge, MA Oct 31, 2022
A-22164-70604 Senior Fermentation EngineerWithdrawn Boston, MA Oct 25, 2022
A-21347-85580 Senior Mammalian Cell EngineerWithdrawn Boston, MA Jun 7, 2022
A-21196-17887 Manager, Commercial Operations and StrategyCertified-Expired Boston, MA Mar 21, 2022
A-21068-59827 Software Solution EngineerCertified-Expired Boston, MA Oct 22, 2021
A-20239-92239 Organism EngineerCertified Boston, MA Aug 5, 2021

Source: U.S. DOL OFLC PERM disclosure data. Wages are annual-equivalent; outliers excluded.