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

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Bioinformatics Scientist in United States during 2025 is USD 149,200

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Bioinformatics Scientist salary lies between USD 103,040 and USD 184,300 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
Bioinformatics Scientist
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
20
Top 10%
$ 212,040
Top 25%
$ 184,300
Median
$ 149,200
Bottom 25%
$ 103,040
Bottom 10%
$ 90,000

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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Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Senior-level / Expert Bioinformatics Scientist roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Bioinformatics Scientist job listings are Bioinformatics, Python and Statistics. 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:

Bioinformatics | 19 jobs Python | 18 jobs Statistics | 18 jobs Biology | 16 jobs Research | 15 jobs Data analysis | 14 jobs R | 13 jobs Linux | 11 jobs PhD | 10 jobs Pipelines | 10 jobs Computer Science | 10 jobs Machine Learning | 9 jobs R&D | 8 jobs Testing | 7 jobs Privacy | 6 jobs HPC | 5 jobs Mathematics | 5 jobs AWS | 4 jobs Engineering | 4 jobs ML models | 4 jobs

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

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Bioinformatics Scientist job listings are Health care, Career development and Equity / stock options. 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:

Health care | 14 jobs Career development | 14 jobs Equity / stock options | 11 jobs Startup environment | 6 jobs Salary bonus | 6 jobs Flex vacation | 4 jobs Gear | 4 jobs Flex hours | 3 jobs Competitive pay | 3 jobs Insurance | 2 jobs 401(k) matching | 1 jobs Wellness | 1 jobs Conferences | 1 jobs Relocation support | 1 jobs Medical leave | 1 jobs Fertility benefits | 1 jobs

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