Altos Labs Salary

💰 $165K–$333K salary range

Median: $229K  ·  Based on 11 public Altos Labs job postings  ·  Updated October 22, 2026

This Altos Labs salary benchmark is built from public job postings — no private placement data. Figures reflect base salary only (equity is separate) and are refreshed as new postings are collected.

📊 Salary breakdown

Highest-paying open roles at Altos Labs

• Deputy General Counsel and Vice President, Intellectual Property — $486K–$571K · Altos Headquarters
• Senior Director, Project Team Leader / Executive Committee Business Manager — $313K–$402K · Portfolio Operations and Programs
• Director / Senior Director, Machine Learning for Biology — $297K–$381K · Institute of Computation
• Senior Patent Counsel / Director, Intellectual Property — $286K–$367K · Altos Headquarters
• Director / Senior Director, Lab-in-the-Loop — $265K–$340K · Institute of Computation
• Senior Scientist, Machine Learning — $201K–$258K · Institute of Computation
• Business and Laboratory Operations Manager, Drug Discovery & Development Sciences — $163K–$209K · Drug Discovery & Development Science
• Scientist II, In Vivo Translational Sciences — $148K–$190K · Drug Discovery & Development Science
• Scientist, Biological Sciences — $137K–$185K · Belmonte Lab
• Scientist / Senior Scientist, Membrane Biochemistry — $136K–$175K · Discovery Science

Altos Labs salary by location

• San Francisco: $208K median · $571K top base — Deputy General Counsel and Vice President, Intellectual Property (view JD) (8 roles)

What Altos Labs looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (2) · PCR (2) · ELISA (2) · Patent Law (2) · Trademark (2) · Team Leadership (1) · Cell Culture (1) · PyTorch (1) · Hugging Face (1) · Assay Development (1).

About Altos Labs

Altos Labs is Series A stage · 251–500 employees · founded 2021 · HQ San Francisco, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Altos Labs

Roles typically ask for around 7 years of experience (up to 15+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 11 that do, PhD and Master's are most common.

Posted pay vs. total compensation

The figures on this page are the midpoint of each posting's advertised salary range (which, for commission roles, includes on-target earnings). Equity is a separate — and often large — component of total compensation, especially at high-growth and AI-native companies. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Altos Labs hiring activity

Altos Labs has 11 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 11 public job postings with disclosed pay. 3 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (7 in the last 90).

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Common questions

What does Altos Labs pay?
The median pay is $229K, with a typical range of $165K–$333K, based on 11 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Altos Labs?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Deputy General Counsel and Vice President, Intellectual Property, at $486K–$571K base.

Where does this data come from?
Public job postings on company career pages and public job boards — no private placement or client data.

Methodology

Posted-range midpoints (USD) aggregated from 11 public Altos Labs job postings (2025–2026). Range = 25th–75th percentile; median = 50th percentile. Roles, departments, skills, and experience are parsed from the postings. Base salary only — equity excluded. Last refreshed October 22, 2026.

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