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Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc.
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How many employees work at Ginkgo Bioworks?

Q: How many employees work at Ginkgo Bioworks?

Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc. has 550 employees, according to Revelio Labs workforce intelligence data. The year-over-year growth rate is -55.5%.

Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc. has 550 employees, according to Revelio Labs workforce intelligence data. The YoY growth rate is -55.5%.

Data source: Revelio Labs Coverage: Global workforce Latest update: December 2025

About Ginkgo Bioworks

At Ginkgo, we use biology to grow the future. Companies across industries leverage our platform to design, develop, and optimize products for a breadth of commercial applications. We help our partners grow key ingredients for vaccines, crops that rely less on fossil fuel-based fertilizers, plant-based meat that tastes like the real thing, materials for the next generation of circular fashion, and so much more. We know our unique experiences, ideas, and perspectives are essential to our success and enable us to make biology easier to engineer and ensure equitable distribution of the benefits of our platform. As such, we seek to ensure that DEI is in our DNA, continuing to grow an inclusive culture and diverse workforce. Let's make biology easier to engineer and join our team.

As of December 2025

Ginkgo Bioworks
workforce metrics

Headcount

550

Avg. Salary

$160.6k

Tenure

3.2yr

Growth Rate

-55.5%

Hiring Rate

Attrition Rate

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Employee Headcount

Interactive chart of Ginkgo Bioworks annual worldwide employee count from 2023 to 2025.

Ginkgo Bioworks total number of employees in 2025 was 546, a 55.5% decline from 2024.
Ginkgo Bioworks total number of employees in 2024 was 966, a 34.7% decline from 2023.
Ginkgo Bioworks total number of employees in 2023 was 1,372, a 0.7% increase from 2022.