Visa Wage Index

Biologists in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

Employers filed 83 applications covering 83 positions for this role here, at a median of $90,000 a year.

What the government requires here

The prevailing wage for Biologists in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA, 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$67,517
Level IIQualified: some experience, moderate supervision$87,235
Level IIIExperienced: sound understanding, limited supervision$106,933
Level IVFully competent: judgement, may supervise others$126,651

Who filed, and at what

EmployerLevelFilingsPositionsMedian
ALLEN INSTITUTE Level III 55 $109,983
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Level III 55 $77,976
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Level II 44 $83,961
SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL Level III 44 $79,449
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Level II 33 $89,915
Institute for Systems Biology Level IV 33 $90,000
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Level IV 22 $134,523
Institute for Systems Biology Level III 22 $76,058
Maxvax Biotechnology Limited Liability Company Level III 22 $114,400
P4Bios Corporation Level II 22 $98,680
Phenome Health Level III 22 $85,000
Plant Health Care, Inc. Level II 22 $113,000
SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL Level II 22 $79,529
SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL Level IV 22 $107,432
SystImmune, Inc. Level III 22 $130,000
ALLEN INSTITUTE Level II 11 $65,500
ALLEN INSTITUTE Level IV 11 $86,150
Altius Institute for Biomedical Sciences Level II 11 $79,810
AMPEL LLC Level II 11 $101,192
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Level III 11 $138,000
BYTEDANCE INC. Level II 11 $340,000
BYTEDANCE INC. Level IV 11 $340,000
Chondrex, Inc. Level II 11 $105,040
Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC Level I 11 $116,357
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Level I 11 $80,172
GenScript USA Inc. Level II 11 $110,450
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Level III 11 $88,691
Institute for Systems Biology Level I 11 $80,169
J. Craig Venter Institute, Inc. Level II 11 $70,000
Johns Hopkins University Level II 11 $88,965
Laboratory Corporation of America Level II 11 $87,235
Neumarker Inc. Level I 11 $180,000
Parse Biosciences, Inc. Level I 11 $80,000
Phenome Health Level II 11 $104,000
Roche Sequencing Solutions, Inc. Level III 11 $139,651
SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL Level I 11 $56,202
Trillium Agriculture, Incorporated Level II 11 $90,000
Universal Cells, Inc. Level IV 11 $153,594
University of Washington Level I 11 $84,072
University of Washington Level II 11 $85,656
Zoetis, Inc. Level III 11 $120,000
Outpace Bio, Inc. Level IV 11 $124,405
SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL Level IV 11 $101,733
SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL Level II 11 $51,542
SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL Level III 11 $74,205
University of Washington not stated 1111 $82,008

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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.