Salaries / Biological Technicians / New York
Biological Technicians salaries in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
Auto-summary H-1B filings: DOL disclosure data
Employers filed 121 certified H-1B applications for biological technicians in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 29 employers.
The middle half of offers were $58,500 to $71,500 a year, with a median of $66,500: 13% above the national median for this job ($59,000).
The most common wage level was Level II (38% 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) | 26% | — |
| Level II (qualified) | 38% | — |
| Level III (experienced) | 29% | — |
| Level IV (fully competent) | 7% | — |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York University | 20 | $68,500 | — |
| WuXi Biologics USA, LLC | 13 | $68,500 | — |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | 11 | $65,500 | — |
| Weill Cornell Medical College | 11 | $60,500 | — |
| GenScript USA Inc. | 11 | $60,000 | — |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | 9 | $55,000 | 1 |
| Albert Einstein College of Medicine | 6 | $67,500 | 2 |
| The Rockefeller University | 5 | $52,000 | — |
| Legend Biotech USA, Inc. | 5 | $86,500 | — |
| Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $87,500 | — |
| Primera Analytical Solutions Corporation | 3 | $60,000 | — |
| HMH Hospitals Corporation | 2 | $64,500 | — |
| Rover Diagnostics, Inc. | 2 | $62,000 | — |
| Biorestorative Therapies Inc. | 2 | $71,500 | — |
| Eurofins Professional Scientific Services Mid-Atlantic, LLC. | 2 | $53,000 | — |
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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.