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Benchling Salary

Benchling Salary

Benchling pays a median of $194K ($141K–$221K) across 30 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $141K–$221K salary range

Median: $194K  ·  Based on 30 public Benchling job postings  ·  Updated July 1, 2026


This Benchling 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

Benchling · pay benchmark · updated July 1, 2026
$194K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$141K–$221K
Typical range
$307K view JD
Highest base · Product Manager, Schemas
30
Open roles
~4 yrs
Typical exp.
+10
23 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 100% of roles mention equity
IC salary by seniority
Junior
$139K (5)
Mid
$174K (6)
Senior
$221K (9)
Management pay by function
Product & Design
$230K (2)
Customer Experience
$141K (5)
Salary by department · median & top base
engineering
$221K · $306K top (13)
sales
$135K (5)
customer experience
$128K · $242K top (8)
Pay by location
San Francisco $207K (17)Boston $141K (11)
Highest-paying skills
LLMs $221KPython $215KGo $211KReact $174K

Highest-paying open roles at Benchling

Benchling salary by department

  • engineering: $221K median · $306K top base — Engineering Leader, Infrastructure (view JD) (13 roles)
  • sales: $135K median (5 roles)
  • customer experience: $128K median · $242K top base — Global Program Manager (view JD) (8 roles)

Benchling salary by seniority

  • Junior: $139K median · $200K top base — Full Stack Engineer, Insights (view JD) (5)
  • Mid: $174K median · $234K top base — Full Stack Engineer, Scientific AI Models (view JD) (6)
  • Senior: $221K median · $265K top base — Software Engineer, Agents (view JD) (9)

Benchling salary — lead & management

  • Manager: $167K median · $307K top base — Product Manager, Schemas (view JD) (8)

Benchling salary by location

  • San Francisco: $207K median · $307K top base — Product Manager, Schemas (view JD) (17 roles)
  • Boston: $141K median · $242K top base — Global Program Manager (view JD) (11 roles)

Remote work at Benchling

0% of Benchling's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Benchling looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (8) · React (3) · TypeScript (3) · Go (3) · Node.js (2) · AWS (2) · Kubernetes (2) · Tableau (1) · SQL (1) · JavaScript (1).

Benefits & perks at Benchling

Commonly listed: mental-health (1) · 401k (1) · commuter (1) · parental (1) · gym (1).

About Benchling

Benchling is Series F stage · 501–1,000 employees · founded 2012 · HQ San Francisco, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Benchling

Roles typically ask for around 4 years of experience (up to 10+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 10 that do, Master's and Bachelor's and PhD 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; 100% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Benchling total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 100% include commission. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Benchling hiring activity

Benchling has 30 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 30 public job postings with disclosed pay. 10 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (23 in the last 90).

💼 Similar companies hiring

Compare Benchling's pay with companies in the same space:

CompanyMedian payvs BenchlingStage
Lila Sciences$198K↑ +2%Series D
Amazon$144K↓ -26%Public
Esri$134K↓ -31%
Adobe$203K↑ +5%Public
Paychex$100K↓ -49%Public
Salesforce$203K↑ +4%Public

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Common questions

What does Benchling pay?
The median pay is $194K, with a typical range of $141K–$221K, based on 30 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Benchling?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Product Manager, Schemas, at $227K–$307K base.

Which team pays the most at Benchling?
The engineering team, at a $221K median.

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 30 public Benchling 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 July 1, 2026.

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