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Biological Technicians

SOC 19-4021 · 2024-2034

Assist biological and medical scientists. Set up, operate, and maintain laboratory instruments and equipment, monitor experiments, collect data and samples, make observations, and calculate and record results. May analyze organic substances, such as blood, food, and drugs.

How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.

The job this trains for

Typical pay in California
$73,440per year
Projected openings
11,820
Projected change
+10.1%
Usually needs
Bachelor's degree

Skills this work uses most

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.

  1. Reading Comprehension
  2. Critical Thinking
  3. Active Listening
  4. Science
  5. Active Learning
  6. Writing

Pay by region

RegionTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openings
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties)$84,2263,020
Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties)$78,5771,200
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties)$73,875950
San Rafael MD (Marin County)$71,04090
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County)$67,9601,690
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties)$64,270950
Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County)$62,848600
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County)$62,7302,980
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County)$61,795110
Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County)$60,80980
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties)$57,676180
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County)$56,906130
Salinas MSA (Monterey County)$52,90060
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County)$49,31580
North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties)$46,64450
Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties)$45,668170
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties)$45,44280
Redding MSA (Shasta County)$45,31950
Visalia MSA (Tulare County)$40,76940
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties)$40,63560

Similar work

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.

The job this trains forTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openingsProjected change
Agricultural Technicians$62,0095,430+5.9%
Chemical Technicians$61,1768,370+4.3%

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