Salary for Senior-level / Expert Bioinformatician in United States during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Bioinformatician in United States during 2025 is USD 111,650

✏️ This salary info is based on 6 individual salaries reported during 2025

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The average senior-level / expert Bioinformatician salary lies between USD 80,000 and USD 144,900 in the United States. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.

Job title
Bioinformatician
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
6
Top 10%
$ 181,100
Top 25%
$ 144,900
Median
$ 111,650
Bottom 25%
$ 80,000
Bottom 10%
$ 64,600

Region represents the primary country of residence of an employee during the year (or residence for tax purposes). All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Top 20 Job Tags for Senior-level / Expert Bioinformatician roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Bioinformatician job listings are Python, Research and Data analysis. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Python | 16 jobs Research | 16 jobs Data analysis | 16 jobs Bioinformatics | 16 jobs Biology | 15 jobs R | 14 jobs PhD | 12 jobs Pipelines | 12 jobs Machine Learning | 9 jobs Statistics | 9 jobs Linux | 6 jobs HPC | 6 jobs Engineering | 5 jobs Testing | 5 jobs Drug discovery | 4 jobs Computer Science | 4 jobs SQL | 3 jobs AWS | 3 jobs Security | 3 jobs Git | 3 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Bioinformatician roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Bioinformatician job listings are Career development, Health care and Flex hours. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 13 jobs Health care | 11 jobs Flex hours | 4 jobs Medical leave | 4 jobs Equity / stock options | 3 jobs Competitive pay | 3 jobs Parental leave | 2 jobs Startup environment | 2 jobs Conferences | 2 jobs Fertility benefits | 2 jobs Flex vacation | 1 jobs Wellness | 1 jobs Team events | 1 jobs Snacks / Drinks | 1 jobs Insurance | 1 jobs

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