Is this Insitro salary base pay or total compensation?

These figures are base salary only, from public job postings. Equity is a separate, often-large component of total compensation and is not included here.

Is this Insitro data from placements or job postings?

It is aggregated from public job postings on Insitro's career pages and public job boards — no private placement or client data.

What skills pay the most at Insitro?

Postings requiring Machine Learning carry a median base of $225K (10 postings).

Roles we hire for

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Insitro Salary

Q: What does Insitro pay?

Insitro pays a median base salary of $238K, with a range of $168K to $291K, based on 15 public job postings collected in 2025–2026. This is base salary only — equity is separate.

Q: Which team pays the most at Insitro?

The Clinical Development team has the highest median base salary at $312K, across 3 postings.

Insitro pays a median base salary of $238K ($168K–$291K) across 15 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $168K–$291K salary range

Median: $238K · Based on 15 public Insitro job postings · Updated June 10, 2026

This Insitro 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

Insitro · base salary benchmark · updated June 10, 2026

$238K

Median base

$168K–$291K

Typical range

10

Open roles

~8 yrs

Typical exp.

ⓘ Base salary only — equity is separate (10 postings cite equity)

Salary by department

Clinical Development

$312K (3)

Data Science and Machine Learning

$238K (3)

Technical Operations

$182K (6)

Highest-paying skills

Machine Learning $225K

Highest-paying open roles at Insitro

Chief Medical Officer — $450K–$480K · Clinical Development
VP, Bioassays, Cell Models, and Genomic Screening — $290K–$326K · Technical Operations
Senior Director / Vice President, Clinical Operations — $259K–$312K · Clinical Development
Senior Director, Project & Portfolio Management — $264K–$298K · Technical Operations
Senior / Staff Applied Machine Learning Scientist — $211K–$283K · Data Science and Machine Learning
(Senior) Director, Project Team Lead - Clinical — $210K–$275K · Clinical Development

Insitro salary by department

Clinical Development: $312K median (3 roles)
Data Science and Machine Learning: $238K median (3 roles)
Technical Operations: $182K median (6 roles)

Insitro salary by location

San Francisco: $228K median (12 roles)
Remote: $242K median (3 roles)

Remote work at Insitro

30% of Insitro's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Insitro looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (3) · GCP (2) · PyTorch (1) · TensorFlow (1).

Benefits & perks at Insitro

Commonly listed: dental (10) · vision (10) · mental-health (10) · 401k (10) · bonus (10) · parental (10) · home-office (10).

About Insitro

Insitro is Series C stage · 251–500 employees · founded 2018 · HQ South San Francisco, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Insitro

Roles typically ask for around 8 years of experience (up to 20+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 10 that do, PhD and Master's and Bachelor's and Associate's are most common.

Base salary vs. total compensation

The figures on this page are base salary only. Equity is a separate — and often large — component of total compensation, especially at high-growth and AI-native companies; 67% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Insitro total compensation signals

Beyond base salary, postings indicate: 100% of roles list a bonus. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Insitro hiring activity

Insitro has 10 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 15 public job postings with disclosed pay. 2 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (15 in the last 90).

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Common questions

What does Insitro pay?
The median base salary is $238K, with a typical range of $168K–$291K, based on 15 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Insitro?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Chief Medical Officer, at $450K–$480K base.

Which team pays the most at Insitro?
The Clinical Development team, at a $312K 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

USD base salary aggregated from 15 public Insitro 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 June 10, 2026.

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