Genetic Counselors
Occupation · SOC 2018 29-9092 · United States
- SOC 2018 code
- 29-9092
- Share of U.S. applications
- 0.00%
- Applications on record
- 407
- FY2025
- 34
- Median offered wage
- $89,105
- Certified (last three years)
- 100.0%
- Main route
- H-1B
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Applications year by year
Labor condition, PERM and H-2 applications classified as Genetic Counselors (SOC 29-9092). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.
Applications by fiscal year — Genetic Counselors
Data table
| FY2013 | 2 |
| FY2014 | 22 |
| FY2015 | 13 |
| FY2016 | 32 |
| FY2017 | 30 |
| FY2018 | 36 |
| FY2019 | 31 |
| FY2020 | 33 |
| FY2021 | 31 |
| FY2022 | 37 |
| FY2023 | 38 |
| FY2024 | 36 |
| FY2025 | 34 |
| FY2026* | 32 |
| Fiscal year | LCA | PERM |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026* | 30 | 2 |
| FY2025 | 32 | 2 |
| FY2024 | 29 | 7 |
| FY2023 | 36 | 2 |
| FY2022 | 35 | 2 |
| FY2021 | 25 | 6 |
| FY2020 | 29 | 4 |
| FY2019 | 26 | 5 |
| FY2018 | 29 | 7 |
| FY2017 | 28 | 2 |
| FY2016 | 30 | 2 |
| FY2015 | 13 | 0 |
| FY2014 | 22 | 0 |
| FY2013 | 2 | 0 |
Largest sponsoring employers
Employers with the most applications in this occupation, all years.
- The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia14
- Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc.12
- Baptist Health South Florida, Inc.11
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center11
- Providence Health & Services - Washington9
- Baylor College of Medicine8
- Northwestern Memorial HealthCare8
- University of Colorado8
- University of Michigan8
- Memorial Sloan-kettering Cancer Center8
- Weill Cornell Medical College8
- Sharp Healthcare7
Where the jobs are
Worksite state and metropolitan area (Census CBSA).
Genetic Counselors: applications by worksite state
Data table
| State | Applications |
|---|---|
| CA | 65 |
| NY | 40 |
| FL | 38 |
| TX | 29 |
| UT | 28 |
| WA | 27 |
| MA | 23 |
| PA | 22 |
| IL | 19 |
| OH | 14 |
| CT | 12 |
| MI | 12 |
| CO | 9 |
| NH | 7 |
| MD | 6 |
| GA | 6 |
| VA | 5 |
| AZ | 5 |
| MO | 4 |
| AR | 4 |
| KS | 4 |
| KY | 4 |
| TN | 4 |
| NJ | 4 |
| OK | 3 |
| OR | 2 |
| DC | 2 |
| NM | 2 |
| WI | 2 |
| NC | 2 |
| IA | 2 |
| WV | 1 |
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ41
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH29
- Salt Lake City-Murray, UT28
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA23
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN19
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL18
- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA18
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD17
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA15
- Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX15
Pay
Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2024–FY2026.
Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)
Median $89,105; middle half $81,411 to $100,217 · median prevailing wage $81,203 (marker) · 91 applications.
- Level I41
- Level II30
- Level III14
- Level IV2
- Genetic Counselor197
- Genetics Counselor20
- Senior Genetic Counselor12
- Genetic Counselor 210
- Genetic Counselor II6
- Genetics Counselor I6
- Genetic Counselor I6
- Assistant Professor5
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