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Biological Technicians

Occupation · SOC 2018 19-4021 · United States

SOC 2018 code
19-4021
Share of U.S. applications
0.16%
Applications on record
19,404
FY2025
1,066
Median offered wage
$56,658
Certified (last three years)
99.2%
Main route
H-1B
Median wage$56,658certified LCAs, FY2024–FY2026
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Labor condition, PERM and H-2 applications classified as Biological Technicians (SOC 19-4021). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Biological Technicians

7931,585FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
7931,585FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY200838
FY2009394
FY20101,585
FY20111,342
FY20121,472
FY20131,386
FY20141,278
FY20151,247
FY20161,262
FY20171,088
FY2018945
FY20191,033
FY2020742
FY2021826
FY2022876
FY2023878
FY2024980
FY20251,066
FY2026*966
Fiscal yearH-2AH-2BLCAPERM
FY2026*0093927
FY2025001,02343
FY20240095228
FY20230084830
FY20220084729
FY20211078639
FY20200071725
FY20190099538
FY20180091827
FY2017001,07414
FY2016001,24022
FY2015001,22720
FY2014001,25325
FY2013001,37412
FY2012001,44329
FY2011011,31229
FY2010001,52659
FY20090036529
FY200800038
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Largest sponsoring employers

Employers with the most applications in this occupation, all years.

Applications by employer
  1. Dana-farber Cancer Institute790
  2. University of Pittsburgh658
  3. Baylor College of Medicine467
  4. Memorial Sloan-kettering Cancer Center427
  5. Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania367
  6. Emory University293
  7. Johns Hopkins University278
  8. University of Michigan269
  9. General Hospital Corporation259
  10. Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center232
  11. Case Western Reserve University227
  12. New York University School of Medicine220
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Where the jobs are

Worksite state and metropolitan area (Census CBSA).

Biological Technicians: applications by worksite state

1+25+51+138+504+
1+25+51+138+504+
Data table
StateApplications
MA2,485
NY2,064
CA1,963
PA1,823
TX1,789
MD1,137
OH775
GA651
FL651
MO511
NJ508
IL504
WA442
MI407
TN406
VA342
WI279
NC250
DC245
CO233
AL167
UT161
IN138
MN132
LA119
KS108
NE106
OK102
IA100
CT91
AZ78
OR77
AR51
KY51
ME48
NM36
SC33
NH33
WV32
HI30
RI28
MS25
NV25
SD25
ND24
PR20
DE20
VT19
ID17
MT14
WY13
AK8
MP5
VI1
Metropolitan areas
  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ2,315
  2. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH2,312
  3. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD1,088
  4. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX975
  5. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV937
  6. Pittsburgh, PA710
  7. San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA605
  8. Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD497
  9. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN472
  10. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA422
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2024–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $56,658; middle half $49,021 to $67,776 · median prevailing wage $46,717 (marker) · 2,812 applications.

$40k$50k$60k$70k$80k
$40k$50k$60k$70k$80k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I904
  2. Level II1,009
  3. Level III475
  4. Level IV353
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Research Associate1,766
  2. Research Assistant1,414
  3. Research Technician1,015
  4. Research Assistant II604
  5. Research Technologist432
  6. Research Fellow/associate423
  7. Research Technician II413
  8. Research Specialist409
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Pages for this occupation by metropolitan area

Areas with at least 50 LCA and PERM applications since FY2020.

  • Ann Arbor, MI
  • Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA
  • Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
  • Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
  • Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
  • Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
  • Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
  • Columbus, OH
  • Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO
  • Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
  • Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
  • Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN
  • Kansas City, MO-KS
  • Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
  • Madison, WI
  • Memphis, TN-MS-AR
  • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
  • Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
  • Pittsburgh, PA
  • Rochester, MN
  • San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
  • San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
  • Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA
  • Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
  • Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
  • Worcester, MA
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

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