Bioinformatics Technicians: H-1B and PERM filings, SOC 15-2099

237 LCA filings, fiscal years 2025 to 2026Median offered wage $72,00095% certified

Employers filed 237 labor condition applications (LCA) for Bioinformatics Technicians (SOC occupation 15-2099) in fiscal years 2025 to 2026. OFLC certified 225 of them.

The median offered wage is $72,000 a year. Half of the wages are from $60,590 to $85,000. The median for all occupations is $122,221 a year. The median prevailing wage on the forms is $60,798 a year.

Level I is the level that most filings state. It is 41% of the filings.

Employers filed 20 PERM applications for this occupation in fiscal years 2024 to 2026. The median offered wage on these applications is $84,799 a year.

H-1B and PERM: labor condition applications

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Employer-specific case information that appears on this website was provided to OFLC by employers who submitted prevailing wage, labor certification and labor attestation applications for processing. These are not employer responses to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment Statistics (BLS-OES) survey.
Any typographical errors or other data anomalies (e.g., incomplete or blank data fields, etc.) may be due to internal data entry or other external customer errors in completing and submitting the applications for processing.
A small percentage of determinations may be subject to change in subsequent quarterly releases due to appeal or redetermination decisions on employer applications.
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Bioinformatics Technicians: offered wages by employer the 40 employers with the most LCA filings for this occupation in fiscal years 2025 to 2026, shown in name order
Employer	City	LCA filings for this occupation	Mean offered wage
Amazon.com Services LLC	Seattle	3	$58,198
Brigham and Women's Hospital	Boston	2	No data
Duke University	Durham	2	No data
Emory University	Atlanta	5	$76,979
General Hospital Corporation	Somerville	8	$67,556
Georgetown University	Washington	3	$52,667
HRT Research LLC	New York	2	No data
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	New York	2	No data
LatchBio Inc	San Francisco	2	No data
Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc.	Frederick	3	$109,574
McKenzie County Healthcare Systems, Inc	Watford City	2	No data
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	New York	3	$82,054
New York Genome Center, Inc.	New York	4	$90,636
Northwestern University	Evanston	5	$51,244
Rang Technologies, Inc.	Piscataway	5	$118,600
Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc.	Menands	3	$65,011
Riconpharma, LLC	Denville	2	No data
Roche Diagnostics Corporation	South San Francisco	7	$66,175
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute	La Jolla	2	No data
Spark Technologies, Inc.	Hartford	2	No data
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital	Memphis	6	$75,885
Texas Liver Institute, Inc.	San Antonio	2	No data
The Curators of the University of Missouri	Columbia	2	No data
The Leland Stanford, Jr University	Stanford	3	$85,545
The Rockefeller University	New York	4	$60,250
The University of Kansas Medical Center	Kansas City	2	No data
The University of Southern California	Los Angeles	2	No data
Thomas Jefferson University	Philadelphia	1	No data
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	4	$58,699
University of California, Los Angeles	Los Angeles	2	No data
University of California, San Diego	LA Jolla	3	$98,184
University of Colorado Denver	Aurora	4	$63,693
University of Massachusetts Lowell	Lowell	2	No data
University of Michigan	Ann Arbor	2	No data
University of Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh	5	$52,184
University of Wisconsin System	Madison	3	$73,256
UT Southwestern Medical Center	Dallas	2	No data
Van Andel Research Institute	Grand Rapids	1	No data
Weill Cornell Medical College	New York	14	$76,826
Zymo Research Corporation	Irvine	2	No data

Every employer with this occupation (CSV)All 41 employers, A to Z

Select a column head to sort the table. A wage is a year: the rate on the form times its unit. A mean needs three or more filings that state a wage.

Bioinformatics Technicians: LCA filings by fiscal year fiscal year 2026 is to 30 Jun 2026
Fiscal year	Filings	Certified	Certified share
2025	147	140	95%
2026	90	85	94%

Prevailing wage levels on the filings

Bioinformatics Technicians: LCA filings by prevailing wage level
Level	Filings	Share
Level I	98	41%
Level II	91	38%
Level III	27	11%
Level IV	18	8%
Not stated	3	1%

Bioinformatics Technicians: wages beside all occupations
Measure	SOC 15-2099	All occupations
Median offered wage	$72,000	$122,221
25th percentile	$60,590	No data
75th percentile	$85,000	No data
Median prevailing wage	$60,798	No data

Bioinformatics Technicians: LCA filings by worksite state
Worksite state	LCA filings
New York	43
California	30
Massachusetts	29
Pennsylvania	17
Texas	15
Indiana	11
Maryland	11
New Jersey	9
Illinois	7
North Carolina	6

The medians use a sample of up to 4,000 filings for each occupation (237 here).

PERM applications: permanent labor certification

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Bioinformatics Technicians: PERM applications by fiscal year fiscal year 2024 is the new Form 9089 only
Fiscal year	Applications	Certified
2024	0	0
2025	11	9
2026	9	8

Bioinformatics Technicians: employers with the most PERM applications the 12 employers with the highest count in fiscal years 2024 to 2026, shown in name order
Employer	City	PERM applications
BillionToOne, Inc.	Menlo Park	1
Charles River Laboratories, Inc.	Wilmington	1
Complete Genomics LLC	San Jose	1
Ellkay, LLC	Elmwood Park	1
Genentech, Inc.	South San Francisco	1
GraphPad Software LLC	Boston	1
Guidehouse Digital LLC	McLean	1
Henry M Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine	Bethesda	1
Kite Pharma Inc.	Foster City	1
Psomagen Inc	Rockville	3
Thales DIS USA, Inc.	Austin	1
University of Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh	1

The median offered wage on the PERM applications is $84,799 a year.

Questions about this record

What is the H-1B wage for Bioinformatics Technicians?: The median offered wage on LCAs for SOC occupation 15-2099 is $72,000 a year. Half of the wages are from $60,590 to $85,000. The median prevailing wage on the forms is $60,798.
Which wage levels do employers state for Bioinformatics Technicians?: The LCAs state Level I in 41%, Level II in 38%, Level III in 11% and Level IV in 8%, and no level in 1%. The employer states the level on the form.
How many PERM applications are for Bioinformatics Technicians?: Employers filed 20 PERM applications in fiscal years 2024 to 2026, with a median offered wage of $84,799 a year.

Source: OFLC LCA and PERM disclosure files, fiscal years 2025 to 2026. An occupation has a page with 50 or more LCA filings. How H-1B wage levels work.