H-1B Bioinformatics Scientist Salary
The median H-1B base salary for a Bioinformatics Scientist is $100,000, across 318 certified LCAs.
Median wage
$100,000
Average wage
$100,369
90th percentile
$137,946
Certified LCAs
318
Salary distribution
Annualized base salary on certified LCAs. Excludes bonus and stock.
25th
Median
75th
90th
- Lowest
- $43,285
- 25th
- $77,068
- Median
- $100,000
- Average
- $100,369
- 90th
- $137,946
- Highest
- $280,800
Based on 318 certified base wages, annualized.
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Filings by year
38FY20
46FY21
73FY22
47FY23
62FY24
42FY25
10FY26
Top H-1B sponsors for Bioinformatics Scientist
Employers ranked by certified LCA volume for this role.
| Company↕ | LCAs↕ | Median▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. | 4 | $145,000 |
| Guardant Health, Inc. | 19 | $135,824 |
| Tempus Labs, Inc. | 6 | $125,000 |
| Kelly Services, Inc. | 12 | $124,987 |
| Roche Sequencing Solutions, Inc. | 6 | $110,441 |
| Axle Informatics LLC | 9 | $110,000 |
| Veracyte, Inc. | 4 | $104,101 |
| Illumina, Inc. | 5 | $101,088 |
| GENEWIZ LLC | 7 | $94,684 |
| Azenta, Inc. | 6 | $94,610 |
| Sema4 OpCo Inc. | 7 | $88,000 |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | 42 | $70,990 |
| Washington University | 12 | $66,950 |
| ACGT, Inc. | 4 | $62,500 |
| AN-L-IT-IKS, INC. | 4 | $62,400 |
Salaries by location
Philadelphia, PA · $68,162Bethesda, MD · $119,000San Diego, CA · $107,260Cambridge, MA · $95,000South San Francisco, CA · $125,300St. Louis, MO · $66,950San Francisco, CA · $142,500Chicago, IL · $105,000Palo Alto, CA · $136,614South Plainfield, NJ · $85,425Seattle, WA · $78,000Rockville, MD · $110,000Redwood City, CA · $127,878Irvine, CA · $100,804Stamford, CT · $88,000