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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
Median wage$89,105certified 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 Genetic Counselors (SOC 29-9092). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Genetic Counselors

1938FY2013FY2015FY2017FY2019FY2021FY2023FY2025FY2026*
1938FY2013FY2016FY2019FY2022FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY20132
FY201422
FY201513
FY201632
FY201730
FY201836
FY201931
FY202033
FY202131
FY202237
FY202338
FY202436
FY202534
FY2026*32
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*302
FY2025322
FY2024297
FY2023362
FY2022352
FY2021256
FY2020294
FY2019265
FY2018297
FY2017282
FY2016302
FY2015130
FY2014220
FY201320

Largest sponsoring employers

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

Applications by employer
  1. The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia14
  2. Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc.12
  3. Baptist Health South Florida, Inc.11
  4. Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center11
  5. Providence Health & Services - Washington9
  6. Baylor College of Medicine8
  7. Northwestern Memorial HealthCare8
  8. University of Colorado8
  9. University of Michigan8
  10. Memorial Sloan-kettering Cancer Center8
  11. Weill Cornell Medical College8
  12. Sharp Healthcare7

Where the jobs are

Worksite state and metropolitan area (Census CBSA).

Genetic Counselors: applications by worksite state

1+2+4+7+22+
1+2+4+7+22+
Data table
StateApplications
CA65
NY40
FL38
TX29
UT28
WA27
MA23
PA22
IL19
OH14
CT12
MI12
CO9
NH7
MD6
GA6
VA5
AZ5
MO4
AR4
KS4
KY4
TN4
NJ4
OK3
OR2
DC2
NM2
WI2
NC2
IA2
WV1
Metropolitan areas
  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ41
  2. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH29
  3. Salt Lake City-Murray, UT28
  4. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA23
  5. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN19
  6. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL18
  7. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA18
  8. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD17
  9. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA15
  10. 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.

$60k$75k$90k$105k$120k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I41
  2. Level II30
  3. Level III14
  4. Level IV2
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Genetic Counselor197
  2. Genetics Counselor20
  3. Senior Genetic Counselor12
  4. Genetic Counselor 210
  5. Genetic Counselor II6
  6. Genetics Counselor I6
  7. Genetic Counselor I6
  8. Assistant Professor5