Mid-level Bioinformatics Technician salary in New York, NY

Based on 18 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level II in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Denville, Piscataway, Plainsboro, South Plainfield, Syosset.

Median salary$83,647
Middle 50%$74.3k–$88.8k
vs. all levels here+12%comparison median $74,550
Filings18FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $70,000 and $131,557.
PercentileSalary
10th$71,050
25th$74,325
50th (median)$83,647
75th$88,750
90th$111,830

Cost of living

New York's median mid-level Bioinformatics Technician salary of $83,647 is worth about $74,300 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; New York = 112.6).

Compared with all workers here

All Bioinformatics Technicians in the New York, NY area earned a median of $79,460 in May 2025 (70 employed). The H-1B median here is $83,647, 5% higher.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinaitoo few2
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centertoo few2
New York Genome Centertoo few2
The Rockefeller Universitytoo few2
Weill Cornell Medical Collegetoo few2

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $65,000 21
Mid-level · Level II $83,647 18
Senior · Level III too few 4
Expert · Level IV too few 2

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Entry-level · Level I$60,570$65,00021
Mid-level · Level II$60,590$83,64718

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.