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Biological Technicians: H-1B salaries

Standard Occupational Classification 19-4021. 3,527 labor condition applications; median offered base salary $55,636, middle half $48,006–$66,566.

Applications (LCAs)3,527

Median offered salary$55,636

Middle half of salaries$48,006–$66,566

10th–90th percentile$42,115–$78,676

By wage level

Wage level	LCAs	Median salary
Level I (entry)	1,067	$48,173
Level II (qualified)	1,147	$55,000
Level III (experienced)	537	$63,874
Level IV (fully competent)	393	$72,332

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
University of Pittsburgh	101	$43,947
Emory University	99	$52,530
Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories Professional Scientific Services, LLC	87	$55,580
Baylor College of Medicine	72	$51,683
University of California, San Diego	72	$78,592
Mayo Clinic	70	$63,482
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	65	$55,000
Stowers Institute for Medical Research	58	$60,366
University of Michigan	57	$45,000
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center	51	$66,691
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center	51	$56,080
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania	50	$60,000
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	49	$61,500
New York University	48	$67,200
Duke University	44	$54,912
The Rockefeller University	43	$57,000
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia	43	$45,573
Eurofins Professional Scientific Services Mid-Atlantic, LLC.	41	$51,356
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute	37	$50,000
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center	33	$58,000
Albert Einstein College of Medicine	32	$56,295
Catalent Pharma Solutions	32	$56,084
The University of Chicago	31	$53,000
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School	30	$50,000
Weill Cornell Medical College	30	$59,415
General Hospital Corporation	30	$53,854
The Methodist Hospital Research Institute	28	$50,128
University of Wisconsin System	28	$48,330
University of California at Santa Barbara	27	$74,100
BOR USGA obo Augusta University	27	$47,112
Johns Hopkins University	26	$56,650
Temple University--A Commonwealth University	26	$48,000
Northwestern University	25	$53,516
The University of Virginia	24	$48,696
University of Maryland Baltimore	24	$58,000
University of Colorado Denver	24	$45,677
Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories LLC	24	$51,127
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital	22	$60,320
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	21	$85,000
Georgetown University	21	$48,183
The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital	21	$50,000
Eurofins Professional Scientific Services Midwest, LLC.	21	$45,823
University of Utah	20	$49,610
Case Western Reserve University	19	$46,035
Eurofins BioPharma Product Testing Columbia, LLC.	19	$50,000
Brigham and Women's Hospital	18	$53,000
The Trustees of Princeton University	18	$47,000
Children's Hospital Corporation	18	$62,000
Texas A&M University	17	$46,296
The Leland Stanford, Jr University	17	$66,560

Cities

Job titles

By fiscal year

Fiscal year	LCAs	Median salary
FY2023	730	$52,218
FY2024	870	$55,682
FY2025	988	$56,056
FY2026	939	$58,240

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).