H1B Report
Salary comparison

Biological Technicians vs Physicians, 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
Physicians, All Other
SOC 29-1229Rank #16

Key metrics

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

MetricBiological TechniciansPhysicians, All Other
Median wage$54,000$185,000
P25 wage$44,124$66,238
P75 wage$67,629$247,450
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$23,505$181,212
Total filings66,96098,627
Wage samples66,39698,023
Rank#23#16

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
Physicians, All Other
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$62k
FY2011$110k
FY2012$129k
FY2013$150k
FY2014$165k
FY2015$176k
FY2016$185k
FY2017$190k
FY2018$194k
FY2019$210k
FY2020$218k
FY2021$220k
FY2022$225k
FY2023$230k
FY2024$240k
FY2025$240k
FY2026$250k

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 — Physicians, All Other

  • 1NY13,341$72,336
  • 2PA7,216$119,904
  • 3MA5,095$148,000
  • 4OH4,379$180,000
  • 5IL4,270$183,970
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