Salaries / Biological Technicians / Boston
Biological Technicians salaries in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
Auto-summary H-1B filings: DOL disclosure data
Employers filed 127 certified H-1B applications for biological technicians in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 59 employers.
The middle half of offers were $56,000 to $81,000 a year, with a median of $70,000: 19% above the national median for this job ($59,000).
The most common wage level was Level II (30% of filings).
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Wage levels
DOL sets four wage levels by experience. The share of filings at each level, and the minimum the employer must pay for that level here.
| Level | Share of filings | Prevailing wage (minimum) |
|---|---|---|
| Level I (entry) | 24% | — |
| Level II (qualified) | 30% | — |
| Level III (experienced) | 26% | — |
| Level IV (fully competent) | 20% | — |
We don't carry prevailing wages for this occupation yet; the DOL wage search has them.
Who sponsors biological technicians here
| Employer | H-1B filings | Median offer | Green card filings (PERM, this job, US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | 18 | $49,000 | — |
| Eurofins Professional Scientific Services New England, LLC. | 11 | $62,500 | — |
| Children's Hospital Corporation | 7 | $62,000 | — |
| Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research | 6 | $51,000 | 1 |
| General Hospital Corporation | 5 | $52,500 | — |
| Yoh, A Day & Zimmermann Company | 5 | $84,000 | — |
| Aera Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $87,500 | — |
| Brigham and Women's Hospital | 3 | $53,000 | — |
| ModernaTX, Inc. | 3 | $90,000 | — |
| Biocytogen Boston Corp. | 3 | $72,000 | — |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc. | 2 | $44,500 | — |
| Tufts University | 2 | $58,000 | — |
| Im Pro Makeup Ny Lp | 2 | $81,000 | — |
| ProFound Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $79,500 | — |
| Repertoire Immune Medicines, Inc. | 2 | $85,000 | — |
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Common titles filed under this occupation: Research Associate, Research Assistant, Research Technician, Scientist Ii, Research Associate Ii, Research Specialist, Research Technologist, Senior Research Associate.
About this data
Offers are the wages employers put on certified Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) for H-1B workers: Certified H-1B LCAs decided July 2025 to June 2026. An LCA is filed before a petition, so not every filing became a job, and pay excludes bonus and stock. Annual pay; hourly offers are multiplied by 2,080. Pages appear only where there were at least 100 filings. Source: DOL disclosure data and OFLC wage data. Not legal or financial advice.