Bioinformatician, H-1B salary
What 226 H-1B filings report for “Bioinformatician” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Bioinformatician?
$82k median H-1B base salary for a Bioinformatician, typically $60k to $104k, across 226 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2026). Highest in California at $91k median.
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1California32$91k+$9k
- 2New York44$87k+$5k
- 3Illinois28$85k+$3k
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $82kfor the same title. States with at least 20 filings, so a median is not built on a handful of rows.
Which companies sponsor H-1B for a Bioinformatician?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Bioinformatician roles are Mount Sinai Health System, University of Chicago, Fulgent Therapeutics, Mayo Clinic, and University of Pennsylvania, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Bioinformatician filing history, pay, and open roles.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1Mount Sinai Health System28 filings$87k
- 2University of Chicago26 filings$86k
- 3Fulgent Therapeutics16 filings$89k
- 4Mayo Clinic15 filings$86k
- 5University of Pennsylvania11 filings$67k
- 6Mount Sinai Genomics9 filings$90k
- 7Revvity6 filings$70k
- 8Columbia University6 filings$74k
- 9University of California, Los Angeles5 filings$99k
- 10Translational Genomics Research Institute5 filings$62k
- 11The Methodist Hospital5 filings$61k
- 12PierianDx4 filings$77k
- 13Henry Ford Health System3 filings$84k
- 14Nabsys 2.0 LLC3 filings$135k
- 15Perthera3 filings$60k
- 16ASRT3 filings$82k
- 17Essential Software3 filings$61k
- 18Endeavor Health3 filings$75k
- 19Purdue University3 filings$74k
- 20Corteva2 filings$112k
- 21Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center2 filings$121k
- 22Georgetown University2 filings$86k
- 23Hackensack Meridian Health2 filings$103k
- 24Macrogen2 filings$70k
- 25Marquette University2 filings$65k
- 26Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary2 filings$74k
- 27Natera2 filings$101k
- 28NYU Langone Health2 filings$118k
- 29Bio-Techne2 filings$58k
- 30The Methodist Hospital Research Institute2 filings$69k
- 31Brigham and Women's Hospital2 filings$68k
- 32Boston Children's Hospital2 filings$67k
- 33University of Massachusetts Medical School2 filings$58k
- 34University of North Texas Health Science Center2 filings$71k
- 35UPMC2 filings$61k
- 36Agilent Technologies1 filings$62k
- 37Athyon LLC1 filings$70k
- 38Benaroya Research Institute1 filings$85k
- 39University of Nebraska1 filings$55k
- 40CareDx1 filings$111k
- 41Cedars-Sinai1 filings$68k
- 42Clemson University1 filings$60k
- 43DNAnexus1 filings$115k
- 44Dotcom Team1 filings$95k
- 45Dow1 filings$87k
- 46Eagle Medical Services1 filings$60k
- 47Egl Genetic Diagnostics1 filings$65k
- 48EcoHealth Alliance1 filings$82k
- 49Genentech1 filings$143k
- 50IHRC1 filings$59k
Related titles in this family
746 filings carry “Bioinformatician” in the title, across 75 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Bioinformatician II112 filings$88k
- 2Bioinformatician I90 filings$75k
- 3Senior Bioinformatician61 filings$107k
- 4Research Bioinformatician37 filings$78k
- 5Bioinformatician III34 filings$86k
- 6Bioinformatician B15 filings$80k
- 7Bioinformatician-Computational Biologist Intermediate14 filings$79k
- 8Bioinformatician - Computational Biologist Associate10 filings$67k
- 9Associate Bioinformatician9 filings$54k
- 10Bioinformatician a9 filings$72k
- 11Bioinformatics Scientist (Bioinformatician)8 filings$88k
- 12Bioinformatician 17 filings$74k
Figures are for the exact title “Bioinformatician”; for a rare title we widen to the closest related titles (flagged above when that happens). To benchmark a specific offer by employer and state, use Salary Check.