Biologist, H-1B salary
What 106 H-1B filings report for “Biologist” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Biologist?
$82k median H-1B base salary for a Biologist, typically $58k to $105k, across 106 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2026).
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1Maryland53$82ksame
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 Biologist?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Biologist roles are Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Axle Informatics, Astrix Software Technology, Medical Science & Computing, and Virovek Incorporation, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Biologist filing history, pay, and open roles.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1Centers for Disease Control and Prevention17 filings$87k
- 2Axle Informatics15 filings$90k
- 3Astrix Software Technology11 filings$81k
- 4Medical Science & Computing10 filings$75k
- 5Virovek Incorporation8 filings$77k
- 6Guidehouse6 filings$81k
- 7GAP Solutions4 filings$93k
- 8Smithsonian Institution4 filings$55k
- 9San Jose State University Research Foundation4 filings$80k
- 10United States Department of Agriculture3 filings$64k
- 11Kelly Services2 filings$73k
- 12Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District2 filings$50k
- 13The Fountain Group2 filings$96k
- 14Southern Research Institute2 filings$57k
- 15Agilent Technologies1 filings$101k
- 16Amgen1 filings$112k
- 17Angion Biomedica1 filings$76k
- 18Bti Distribution LLC1 filings$41k
- 19Battelle Memorial Institute1 filings$110k
- 20BioGenerator1 filings$85k
- 21City and County of San Francisco1 filings$69k
- 22Del Sol Group1 filings$53k
- 23Dexorgen1 filings$87k
- 24Fate Therapeutics1 filings$126k
- 25Georgetown University1 filings$66k
- 26Integrated Statistics1 filings$67k
- 27Medsix1 filings$67k
- 28SciTech Services, Inc.1 filings$60k
- 29Wall Street Consulting Services1 filings$74k
- 30Wildlife Conservation Society1 filings$65k
Related titles in this family
1,689 filings carry “Biologist” in the title, across 458 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Microbiologist226 filings$63k
- 2Computational Biologist143 filings$84k
- 3Computational Biologist I40 filings$86k
- 4Computational Biologist II40 filings$90k
- 5Molecular Biologist39 filings$75k
- 6Senior Computational Biologist38 filings$130k
- 7Molecular and Cellular Biologist31 filings$88k
- 8Microbiologist II22 filings$63k
- 9Research Biologist19 filings$67k
- 10QC Microbiologist18 filings$70k
- 11Research Microbiologist17 filings$72k
- 12Associate Computational Biologist16 filings$60k
Figures are for the exact title “Biologist”; 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.