H1B Report
Salary comparison

Biological Technicians vs Computer Occupations, All Other

Side-by-side H-1B prevailing-wage comparison using the same DOL LCA data that drives every page on H1B Report. Quartiles, hiring geography, top sponsors and yearly wage drift.

Occupation A
Biological Technicians
SOC 19-4021Rank #23
Occupation B
Computer Occupations, All Other
SOC 15-1299Rank #3

Key metrics

Wage figures are offered annual wage; volume is total LCA count.

MetricBiological TechniciansComputer Occupations, All Other
Median wage$54,000$88,489
P25 wage$44,124$74,464
P75 wage$67,629$115,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$23,505$40,536
Total filings66,960644,075
Wage samples66,396643,004
Rank#23#3

Median wage by year

Year-over-year drift of the typical offered wage.

Biological Technicians
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$44k
FY2011$45k
FY2012$45k
FY2013$46k
FY2014$48k
FY2015$49k
FY2016$50k
FY2017$52k
FY2018$55k
FY2019$56k
FY2020$60k
FY2021$61k
FY2022$63k
FY2023$65k
FY2024$68k
FY2025$70k
FY2026$73k
Computer Occupations, All Other
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$80k
FY2011$80k
FY2012$76k
FY2013$74k
FY2014$76k
FY2015$77k
FY2016$79k
FY2017$82k
FY2018$85k
FY2019$83k
FY2020$90k
FY2021$98k
FY2022$102k
FY2023$105k
FY2024$106k
FY2025$115k
FY2026$122k

Top 5 hiring states — Biological Technicians

  • 1NY9,010$62,000
  • 2CA6,043$56,763
  • 3TX5,113$49,000
  • 4MA4,890$56,522
  • 5PA3,869$50,211

Top 5 hiring states — Computer Occupations, All Other

  • 1CA104,012$108,524
  • 2TX77,429$88,400
  • 3NJ43,265$90,002
  • 4NY34,620$93,569
  • 5WA32,527$106,434

Top 5 sponsors — Computer Occupations, All Other

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