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Genetic Counselors: H-1B salaries

Standard Occupational Classification 29-9092. 122 labor condition applications; median offered base salary $88,096, middle half $80,010–$100,000.

Applications (LCAs)122

Median offered salary$88,096

Middle half of salaries$80,010–$100,000

10th–90th percentile$68,632–$114,658

By wage level

Wage level	LCAs	Median salary
Level I (entry)	53	$81,203
Level II (qualified)	40	$88,442
Level III (experienced)	18	$105,916
Level IV (fully competent)	3	$92,077

The Department of Labor sets four prevailing wage levels for each occupation and area, from Level I (entry) to Level IV (fully competent). The employer picks the level that matches the job's requirements.

Employers

Employer	LCAs	Median salary
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute	7	$90,000
Baptist Health South Florida, Inc.	5	$82,081
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center	5	$102,336
Sharp Healthcare	5	$144,019
Northwestern Memorial HealthCare	4	$67,205
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	4	$102,588
Swedish Health Services	4	$77,553
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital	3	$67,746
University of California, Davis	3	$89,470
Montefiore Medical Center	3	$106,833
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	3	$93,558
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia	3	$83,658
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago	3	$75,941
The University of Iowa	2	$76,912
Virginia Mason Medical Center	2	$90,470
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	2	$97,906
Seattle Children's Hospital	2	$77,733
University of Colorado Denver	2	$73,840
Central Arkansas Radiation Therapy Institute, Inc.	2	$80,500
Yale New Haven Hospital	2	$103,391
Banner University Medical Group	2	$67,070
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Inc.	2	$75,670
St. Joseph's/candler Health Inc	2	$81,411
Ucsf Medical Center	2	$131,342
Washington University	2	$80,010
Faculty Physicians & Surgeons of LLUSM	2	$100,000
IHC Health Services, Inc.	2	$100,687
University of Michigan	2	$88,096
University of Utah	2	$85,154
Piedmont Medical Care Corporation	2	$82,767
Florida Health Sciences Center, Inc.	2	$73,528
Nationwide Children's Hospital	2	$74,485
Legacy Emanuel Hospital and Health Center, affiliated with Legacy Health	1	$96,183
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center	1	$81,307
Mount Sinai Genomics Inc.	1	$105,000
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	1	$92,077
University of South Florida	1	$85,000
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio	1	$79,704
University of California, Irvine	1	$129,400
Illumina, Inc.	1	—
Helix Employment, LLC	1	$136,926
City of Hope National Medical Center	1	$95,000
University Pediatricians	1	$82,139
Northwell Health	1	$84,000
Johns Hopkins University	1	$99,833
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings	1	$98,278
Charleston Area Medical Center, Inc.	1	$78,499
Inova Health Care Services	1	$100,260
Providence Health & Services - Washington	1	$82,701
Rush University Medical Center	1	$88,920

Job titles

By fiscal year

Fiscal year	LCAs	Median salary
FY2023	34	$82,076
FY2024	26	$87,823
FY2025	32	$91,368
FY2026	30	$90,000

Salaries are the lower end of the wage offered on each application, converted to a yearly amount; statistics use certified full-time applications only. An LCA is not a visa approval and one LCA can cover several positions. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC LCA Disclosure Data, fiscal years 2023–2026 (latest decision Jun 30, 2026).