Highest-paying Cities for Biological Technicians

The top 100 highest paying cities for biological technicians (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of biological technicians in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $89,160, Winchester, West Virginia is the highest paying city for biological technicians. It is followed by San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California (average annual salary $69,010). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of biological technicians in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Biological Technicians

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Winchester, West Virginia	$89,160	$42,520	30
2	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$69,010	$47,930	3,730
3	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$64,120	$39,340	2,890
4	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$63,790	$37,500	790
5	Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$63,560	$41,320	n/a
6	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$63,490	$40,320	3,790
7	New Haven, Connecticut	$63,470	$50,830	500
8	Athens-Clarke County, Georgia	$61,920	$31,430	560
9	East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania	$60,930	$45,180	120
10	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$60,520	$38,070	3,110
11	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$60,520	$32,550	650
12	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$60,170	$39,050	230
13	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$60,170	$38,740	1,440
14	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$59,960	$46,270	170
15	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$59,690	$35,190	80
16	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$59,500	$45,080	740
17	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$59,090	$38,230	1,170
18	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$58,970	$37,650	110
19	Boulder, Colorado	$58,870	$47,640	120
20	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$58,820	$38,710	90
21	Port St Lucie, Florida	$58,780	$32,550	70
22	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$57,300	$38,210	30
23	Morgantown, West Virginia	$56,760	$38,140	100
24	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$56,440	$37,820	2,660
25	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$56,370	$40,750	960
26	State College, Pennsylvania	$56,200	$30,390	40
27	Framingham, Massachusetts	$55,760	$35,720	250
28	Springfield, Massachusetts	$55,700	$44,460	70
29	Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin	$55,680	$36,220	100
30	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$55,670	$34,960	80
31	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$54,970	$35,850	1,170
32	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$54,870	$38,980	180
33	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$54,860	$33,820	70
34	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$53,740	$34,360	4,380
35	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$53,650	$28,450	40
36	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$53,090	$35,700	350
37	Ames, Iowa	$52,980	$32,550	190
38	Peabody, Massachusetts	$52,750	$40,880	130
39	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$52,130	$32,380	1,160
40	Kalamazoo-Portage, Michigan	$52,110	$28,760	90
41	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$52,010	$36,400	270
42	Jackson, Tennessee	$51,930	$37,850	n/a
43	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$51,660	$33,960	n/a
44	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$51,550	$33,000	630
45	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$51,440	$35,620	220
46	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$51,150	$39,290	210
47	Northwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$51,050	$31,300	100
48	Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$51,050	$33,220	60
49	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$51,020	$32,010	2,290
50	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$50,940	$43,600	490
51	Champaign-Urbana, Illinois	$50,920	$36,110	70
52	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$50,630	$36,500	180
53	Richmond, Virginia	$50,610	$31,170	430
54	Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$50,510	$33,750	30
55	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$50,380	$39,570	2,120
56	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$50,370	$36,140	1,240
57	Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina	$50,310	$34,470	n/a
58	Salinas, California	$50,270	$31,300	60
59	West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$50,250	$38,380	220
60	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$50,250	$39,520	2,070
61	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$50,220	$43,950	60
62	St Louis, Missouri	$50,200	$29,130	210
63	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$50,100	$39,540	740
64	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$50,050	$32,000	1,010
65	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$49,920	$31,780	1,750
66	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$49,910	$31,930	30
67	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$49,890	$33,700	870
68	Canton-Massillon, Ohio	$49,850	$24,310	30
69	Columbus, Ohio	$49,790	$39,800	240
70	Camden, New Jersey	$49,760	$32,410	40
71	Rochester, Minnesota	$49,760	$33,380	n/a
72	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$49,680	$33,090	90
73	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$49,570	$39,600	1,900
74	Memphis, Tennessee	$49,560	$31,050	510
75	Peoria, Illinois	$49,550	$26,150	60
76	Chattanooga, Tennessee	$49,550	$19,080	40
77	Wilmington, New Jersey	$49,480	$32,520	150
78	Worcester, Massachusetts	$49,440	$39,930	530
79	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$49,420	$28,060	730
80	Charlottesville, Virginia	$49,370	$30,770	70
81	Columbia, South Carolina	$49,370	$38,390	50
82	Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$49,310	$36,110	50
83	South Florida nonmetropolitan area, Florida	$49,250	$28,810	30
84	Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$49,150	$33,220	50
85	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$48,990	$36,110	100
86	Dover-Durham, New Hampshire	$48,990	$37,340	40
87	Spokane, Washington	$48,840	$36,110	180
88	Stockton, California	$48,800	$40,830	60
89	Florence, South Carolina	$48,740	$38,560	40
90	Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$48,730	$36,110	40
91	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$48,680	$32,820	210
92	Waco, Texas	$48,600	$29,570	40
93	Modesto, California	$48,590	$33,630	30
94	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$48,570	$38,900	250
95	Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$48,560	$23,820	50
96	Syracuse, New York	$48,540	$34,450	110
97	Iowa City, Iowa	$48,480	$39,430	560
98	Akron, Ohio	$48,390	$35,050	40
99	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$48,280	$32,540	40
100	Greeley, Colorado	$48,080	$39,450	50

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for biological technicians.