CEO Total Pay
$263K
FY2023 Summary Compensation, below median
FY2023 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A
Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc. CEO pay ratio
The CEO earned $263K in FY2023 against median worker pay of $184,086 · Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals.
- State
- DE
- Filing date
- 2024-04-29
- Industry
- Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals
- Fiscal year
- FY2023
Data updated August 2026
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio
1:1
Below Average (Scale: 0–1000:1)
CEO pay
$263K
Median worker
$184,086
Latest filing FY2023. This company's newest DEF 14A on file is for FY2023, not FY2025, so the figures on this page are from that earlier year and are not ranked against the FY2025 industry benchmark. Industry pages mark issuers like this one with a "Latest filing" label.
Answer first
Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc. reported a 1:1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in FY2023 - at or below the Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals median of 42:1 across 168 filers.
Figures come from Section 953(b) Dodd-Frank DEF 14A disclosures - not estimates. View all Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals companies.
- Pay ratio
- 1:1
- FY2023 disclosed
- CEO total
- $263K
- Summary Compensation Table total
- Median worker
- $184,086
- Dodd-Frank median employee
Ratio bands among Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals peers
Exclusive CEO-to-median-worker bands across 153 complete latest-FY filings in SIC 28. Segments sum to the peer set, not this company's compensation pillar.
CEO Compensation Breakdown, FY2023
A component-level pay breakdown is not reported in Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc.'s structured SEC pay-ratio disclosure. See our methodology →
Industry Comparison - Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals
This Company's Ratio
1:1
Industry Median Ratio
42:1
Industry Median CEO Pay
$7.9M
This CEO's Pay
$263K
Companies in Industry
168
vs. Industry Median
Below
Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc.: near-parity Item 402(u) ratio
Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc. stamps PARITY · ELITE-MED at 1:1 against $184,086 median worker pay in FY2023. the CEO earned 1× the median employee ($184,086) in FY2023.
At $184,086 median worker pay, the PARITY stamp is near pay-parity territory under MICRO CEO total.
Pay Ratio
1:1
Below typical
What FY2023 shows for Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc.
Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc. stamps PARITY · ELITE-MED at 1:1 against $184,086 median worker pay in FY2023. The structured pay-ratio disclosure reports the total without line-item components. Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals (SIC 28) median ratio is 42:1 across 168 FY2025 filers; Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc.'s $263K CEO total is at or below the $7.9M industry median CEO pay.
Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc. stamps PARITY · MICRO · ELITE-MED; grant-date fair value (not realized pay) is what the DEF 14A reports. Open Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals peers.
Key Data, FY2023
- Total Compensation
- $263K
- Median Employee Pay
- $184,086
- Pay Ratio
- 1:1
- Filing Date
- 2024-04-29
Company Info
- CIK
- 1830214
- Industry
- Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals
- SIC Code
- 2836
- State
- DE
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for CIK 1830214, FY2023. Informational only, not investment advice. Verify on EDGAR.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified. Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc. stamps PARITY · ELITE-MED at 1:1 against $184,086 median worker pay in FY2023.
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ABS(ceo_total_comp) peers first, then a SIC pole and a stamp-branched guide - not a fixed Related strip. This page stamps PARITY · MICRO · ELITE-MED.
Trimas Corp · MICRO
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $263K (Δ $490 heavier vs Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc.); FLOOR · PAR-MED vs this page's PARITY · MICRO · ELITE-MED.
Okta, Inc. · MICRO
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $262K (Δ $909 lighter vs Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc.); MID · ELITE-MED vs this page's PARITY · MICRO · ELITE-MED.
Arvinas, Inc. · MICRO
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $266K (Δ $4K heavier vs Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc.); MODEST · ELITE-MED vs this page's PARITY · MICRO · ELITE-MED.
Horizon Bancorp Inc /in/ · MICRO
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $255K (Δ $8K lighter vs Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc.); FLOOR · PAR-MED vs this page's PARITY · MICRO · ELITE-MED.
Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals benchmark
Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc. stamps PARITY · MICRO · ELITE-MED inside SIC 28 - open the industry median board after the ABS peers.
Pay-ratio rankings · PARITY
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Ratio primer · PARITY
Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc.'s PARITY stamp sits in the lower Item 402(u) band - start with how the ratio is disclosed before comparing peers.
Data sourced from SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc. (CIK 1830214), FY2023. See our methodology. Aggregated by PlainCEOPay as of August 2026.
Data currency: Executive compensation from SEC EDGAR DEF 14A proxy statements through fiscal year 2025, compiled and last refreshed August 2026. See our methodology for source dates and refresh cadence. Spot a figure that looks wrong? Report a correction.