Visa Wage Index

Molecular and Cellular Biologists in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ

Employers filed 280 applications covering 408 positions for this role here, at a median of $117,250 a year. 245 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 Molecular and Cellular Biologists in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, 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$74,838
Level IIQualified: some experience, moderate supervision$96,054
Level IIIExperienced: sound understanding, limited supervision$117,250
Level IVFully competent: judgement, may supervise others$138,466

Who filed, and at what

EmployerLevelFilingsPositionsMedian
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Level II 30135 $145,108
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Level II 1717 $88,617
New York Genome Center, Inc. Level II 77 $94,491
Schrodinger, Inc. Level II 77 $154,100
Brookhaven National Laboratory Level I 55 $82,638
NYU Grossman School of Medicine Level I 55 $85,701
NYU Grossman School of Medicine Level II 55 $91,114
Tempus AI Level I 55 $147,700
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Level III 44 $158,723
Schrodinger, Inc. Level IV 44 $198,400
Brookhaven National Laboratory Level II 33 $85,137
Brookhaven National Laboratory Level III 33 $146,744
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Level I 33 $78,000
Columbia University Level II 33 $82,870
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Level II 33 $87,965
Pharmerit International, LP Level II 33 $96,054
Regeneron Genetics Center, LLC Level II 321 $155,004
The Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc. Level I 33 $75,245
Tempus AI Level IV 33 $175,200
Albert Einstein College of Medicine Level II 22 $87,029
Azenta, Inc. Level I 22 $90,858
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Level III 22 $141,316
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Level IV 22 $149,955
CD Biosciences Inc. Level IV 22 $138,466
Celltrion Branchburg, LLC Level III 22 $132,480
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Level II 22 $86,434
ImClone Systems LLC Level III 22 $128,000
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Level I 22 $93,500
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Level IV 22 $304,000
NILO Therapeutics, Inc. Level I 22 $86,600
ORDAOS INC Level III 22 $125,000
Prime Education LLC Level II 22 $120,000
Regeneron Genetics Center, LLC Level III 22 $168,448
Regeneron Genetics Center, LLC Level IV 22 $174,191
The Rockefeller University Level II 22 $87,550
Tempus AI Level III 22 $182,650
Waypoint Bio, Inc Level IV 22 $138,466
Amgen Inc. Level IV 11 $150,000
Arc Research Institute Level I 11 $80,000
BlueRock Therapeutics, LP Level III 11 $117,250
The Broad Institute, Inc. Level II 11 $101,793
City University of New York School of Medicine Level I 11 $79,997
Cogent Scientific, LLC Level II 11 $97,500
Columbia University Level I 11 $72,280
CZ Biohub New York, LLC Level III 11 $138,000
EUROIMMUN US, Inc. Level III 11 $121,471
GenScript USA Inc. Level I 11 $75,000
GenScript USA Inc. Level III 11 $128,000
Guardant Health, Inc. Level IV 11 $138,466
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Level III 11 $107,100
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Level IV 11 $214,352
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Level I 11 $72,280
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Level III 11 $117,520
Illumina Software, Inc. Level III 11 $155,600
Immunai Inc. Level III 11 $125,000
InstaDeep LLC Level IV 11 $185,000
Janssen Research & Development, LLC Level III 11 $170,200
Janssen Research & Development, LLC Level IV 11 $138,466
Jefferies LLC Level II 11 $200,000
Jefferies LLC Level IV 11 $200,000
Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. Level III 11 $117,250
Manhattan Genomics Inc. Level II 11 $130,000
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Level II 11 $115,000
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Level III 11 $100,000
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC Level II 11 $117,000
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC Level III 11 $126,464
Natera, Inc. Level IV 11 $167,877
New York Genome Center, Inc. Level III 11 $108,000
NEW YORK STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY CENTER Level I 11 $92,260
New York University Level I 11 $72,280
New York University Level II 11 $85,000
NILO Therapeutics, Inc. Level III 11 $118,000
NORTHWELL HEALTH Level I 11 $82,808
NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION Level II 11 $96,054
NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION Level IV 11 $138,466
OverT Bio, Inc. Level I 11 $96,054
Paradigm Health, Inc. Level II 11 $185,000
Pharmaceutical Research Associates, Inc. Level I 11 $94,023
Piping Rock Health Products, Inc. Level I 11 $94,098
Point72 Asset Management, L.P. Level IV 11 $150,000
Protheragen Inc. Level III 11 $117,250
Research Foundation for the State University of New York Level III 11 $95,000
Research Foundation of CUNY Level I 11 $72,280
The Rockefeller University Level III 11 $132,031
RTW INVESTMENTS, LP Level IV 11 $140,000
Schrodinger, Inc. Level I 11 $135,000
SPRING FERTILITY MANAGEMNET LLC Level III 11 $260,000
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. Level III 11 $131,006
Tandem AI, US LLC Level III 11 $120,000
Tempus AI Level II 11 $150,000
The University of Chicago Level II 11 $87,569
Weill Cornell Medical College Level I 11 $80,000
Weill Cornell Medical College Level II 11 $82,867
Weill Cornell Medical College Level III 16 $93,475
Weill Cornell Medical College Level IV 11 $106,090
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, PC Level IV 11 $185,000
WuXi Biologics USA, LLC Level IV 11 $229,320
XenoBiotic Laboratories, Inc., a div. of WuXi Level I 11 $85,000
ZIFO TECHNOLOGIES, INC Level I 11 $84,753
Admera Health LLC Level I 11 $81,795

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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.