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Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA

Employers filed 112 applications covering 112 positions for this role here, at a median of $145,000 a year. 57 of those state a minimum and no maximum — a Labor Condition Application commits an employer to a floor, not to a salary.

What the government requires here

The prevailing wage for Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA, wage year 2025-26 — the four levels an employer must meet depending on the experience the role demands.

LevelWho it is forA year
Level IEntry: a role needing basic understanding and close supervision$103,771
Level IIQualified: some experience, moderate supervision$121,264
Level IIIExperienced: sound understanding, limited supervision$138,778
Level IVFully competent: judgement, may supervise others$156,270

Who filed, and at what

EmployerLevelFilingsPositionsMedian
10x Genomics, Inc. Level IV 77 $170,000
Labs for Humanity, Inc. Level IV 66 $215,000
ABBOTT DIABETES CARE INC. Level III 33 $139,000
BillionToOne, Inc. Level I 22 $107,326
Insight Rx, Inc. Level IV 22 $165,000
Labs for Humanity, Inc. Level II 22 $123,271
Neuralink Corp. Level III 22 $138,778
Penumbra, Inc. Level III 22 $138,778
Pheast Therapeutics, Inc Level II 22 $156,270
ABBOTT DIABETES CARE INC. Level I 11 $105,000
ABBOTT DIABETES CARE INC. Level II 11 $125,000
Adialante LLC Level III 11 $150,000
Bayer HealthCare LLC Level IV 11 $168,000
Bayone Solutions, Inc. Level II 11 $121,264
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Level III 11 $159,305
Calico Life Sciences LLC Level III 11 $142,000
Calyxo, Inc. Level III 11 $140,000
CarbonDrop, Inc. Level I 11 $105,000
Cerus Corporation Level III 11 $146,120
EVALVE, INC. Level IV 11 $156,270
Exact Sciences Corporation Level IV 11 $186,275
Freenome Holdings, Inc. Level II 11 $121,264
Fresenius USA, Inc., a Fresenius Medical Care N.A. company Level IV 11 $175,000
GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC Level IV 11 $212,200
Genentech, Inc. Level III 11 $138,778
Gilead Sciences, Inc. Level III 11 $171,360
Glyphic Biotechnologies, Inc. Level III 11 $140,000
Hinge Health, Inc. Level III 11 $168,000
Instance, Inc. Level III 11 $147,250
LINGO US INC. Level II 11 $130,000
Mendaera, Inc. Level II 11 $130,000
Mizuho Orthopedic Systems, Inc. Level IV 11 $160,515
Natera, Inc. Level IV 11 $191,500
Nautilus Subsidiary, Inc Level III 11 $145,000
Nevro Corp Level II 11 $159,097
Noah Medical Corporation Level III 11 $185,400
Noah Medical Corporation Level IV 11 $185,400
OuraRing Inc. Level IV 11 $172,550
Penumbra, Inc. Level I 11 $103,771
Penumbra, Inc. Level II 11 $121,264
Prellis Biologics Inc. Level II 11 $121,264
Promaxo, Inc. Level III 11 $156,270
Promaxo, Inc. Level IV 11 $160,000
Q Bio, Inc. Level IV 11 $160,000
Route 92 Medical, Inc. Level III 11 $140,000
Science Corporation Level II 11 $185,000
Stryker Corporation Level III 11 $138,778
THINK Surgical, Inc. Level III 11 $139,203
Trinity Consultants, Inc. Level II 11 $121,264
Triple Ring Technologies, Inc. Level IV 11 $156,270
Twist Bioscience Corporation Level I 11 $103,771
Twist Bioscience Corporation Level IV 11 $180,000
ULTIMA GENOMICS, INC. Level III 11 $138,778
Verana Health, Inc. Level II 11 $141,441
Vessel Sciences Inc. Level II 11 $185,000
XII Medical, Inc. Level IV 11 $156,270
Yosemite Management, LLC Level IV 11 $156,270
CORPORATE SOLUTIONS GENERAL INC Level III 11 $166,400
Illumina, Inc. Level I 11 $120,000
Mendaera, Inc. Level IV 11 $160,000
Penumbra, Inc. Level IV 11 $150,571
RefleXion Medical, Inc. Level III 11 $140,000
Benchling, Inc. Level III 11 $135,000
Neptune Medical, Inc. Level I 11 $100,000
XII Medical, Inc. Level IV 11 $148,408
Advanced Cell Diagnostics, Inc. Level III 11 $118,976
University of California, San Francisco not stated 1919 $79,881
University of California, Berkeley not stated 66 $83,918
Gilead Sciences, Inc not stated 11 $127,520
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory not stated 11 $79,332

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Source: OFLC disclosure data and prevailing wage library, US Department of Labor (public domain). Figures are what employers filed, not what they paid.