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Biological Technicians · SOC 19-4021

Biological Technicians Salary in the Bellingham Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Bellingham, WA metro area

Figures describe the Bellingham, WA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Bellingham city limits.

Median annual wage$47,310
Median hourly wage$22.74

Biological Technicians in the Bellingham, WA metro area earned a median of $47,310 per year ($22.74 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $37,000 at the 10th percentile to $64,430 at the 90th. BLS estimates 30 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Biological Technicians in the Bellingham metro area earn more than $47,310 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $44,540 and $56,600.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$37,000$44,540$47,310$56,600$64,430
Hourly$17.79$21.41$22.74$27.21$30.98

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Bellingham metro areathis metro area
    $47,310
  • Washingtonstate (WA)
    $60,800
  • United Statesnational
    $57,510

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −22% vs Washington overall and −18% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$34,690$54,867$75,043$95,220College Station-Bryan, TX — $34,690Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $36,050Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $36,090Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $36,090Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $36,090Twin Falls, ID — $38,210Lubbock, TX — $38,640Idaho Falls, ID — $39,080Boise City, ID — $40,330Logan, UT-ID — $40,500Visalia, CA — $41,080Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $41,450Green Bay, WI — $42,630Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $42,630Coeur d'Alene, ID — $44,550Baton Rouge, LA — $44,950Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $44,960Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $45,290Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $45,360Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $45,750Fresno, CA — $46,450McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $46,860Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $46,930Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $47,110Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $47,180Bellingham, WA — $47,310Warner Robins, GA — $47,350Fairbanks-College, AK — $47,380Kingston, NY — $47,530Oklahoma City, OK — $47,530Fayetteville, NC — $47,580Gainesville, GA — $47,620Rochester, NY — $47,670Pittsburgh, PA — $47,810Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $47,910Wichita, KS — $47,930Iowa City, IA — $48,050Grand Forks, ND-MN — $48,190Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $48,210Medford, OR — $48,420Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $48,510Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $48,600Utica-Rome, NY — $48,670North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $49,160Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $49,180San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $49,230San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $49,430Omaha, NE-IA — $49,440Bozeman, MT — $49,470Tucson, AZ — $49,550Albuquerque, NM — $49,570Tulsa, OK — $49,650Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $49,730Flagstaff, AZ — $49,940Gainesville, FL — $49,940Urban Honolulu, HI — $50,000Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $50,140New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $50,200Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $50,210Akron, OH — $50,220Savannah, GA — $50,260Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $50,320Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $50,320Huntsville, AL — $50,330Reading, PA — $50,400Helena, MT — $50,430Reno, NV — $50,540Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $50,580Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $50,660Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $50,790Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $50,840Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $51,190Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $51,240Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $51,320Jacksonville, FL — $51,560Bismarck, ND — $51,630Columbia, MO — $51,630Grand Junction, CO — $51,630Corvallis, OR — $51,670Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $51,680Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $51,710Madison, WI — $51,750Toledo, OH — $51,760Ogden, UT — $51,780Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $51,900Ann Arbor, MI — $52,110Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $52,150Salem, OR — $52,190Colorado Springs, CO — $52,300Asheville, NC — $52,440Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $52,510Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $52,570Kansas City, MO-KS — $52,630Cleveland, OH — $52,690Kennewick-Richland, WA — $52,700Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $52,900Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $52,930Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $52,960Portland-South Portland, ME — $53,000Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $53,190Eugene-Springfield, OR — $53,290Missoula, MT — $53,330Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $53,370Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $53,560Manchester-Nashua, NH — $53,850Burlington, NC — $53,980Springfield, MA — $54,140Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $54,190Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $54,260Lexington-Fayette, KY — $54,810Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $55,430Roanoke, VA — $55,520St. Louis, MO-IL — $55,600Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $55,700Yakima, WA — $56,560Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $56,850Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $57,200Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $57,700Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $57,840Stockton-Lodi, CA — $58,070Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $58,240Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $58,400Jackson, MS — $58,550Naples-Marco Island, FL — $59,170Salinas, CA — $59,320Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $59,550Greensboro-High Point, NC — $59,890Columbus, OH — $59,900Anchorage, AK — $60,240Vallejo, CA — $60,360Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $60,470Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $60,580Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $60,630Ithaca, NY — $60,900Barnstable Town, MA — $61,150Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $61,280Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $61,610Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $61,640Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $61,990State College, PA — $62,000Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $62,060Port St. Lucie, FL — $62,070Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $62,630New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $62,780Wilmington, NC — $62,960Syracuse, NY — $63,060Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $63,510Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $63,770Raleigh-Cary, NC — $64,200Champaign-Urbana, IL — $64,270Athens-Clarke County, GA — $64,360Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $64,410Bloomington, IN — $64,570Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $64,600Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $65,140Richmond, VA — $65,210Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $66,110Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $66,240Charlottesville, VA — $66,590Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $66,610San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $67,060Worcester, MA — $69,730Peoria, IL — $72,120San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $72,940Boulder, CO — $75,390Tyler, TX — $77,020Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $77,170San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $95,220

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Bellingham metro area has the 143rd-highest published median for this occupation among the 168 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in Washington

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for biological technicians, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Bellingham metro areathis page
    $47,310
  • Seattle metro area
    $63,770
  • Bremerton metro area
    $57,840
  • Yakima metro area
    $56,560
  • Olympia metro area
    $54,190
  • Kennewick metro area
    $52,700
  • Mount Vernon metro area
    $50,320

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health$87,270Urban and Regional Planners$100,050Occupational Health and Safety Specialists$103,260Chemists$64,560Chemical Technicians$73,380Conservation Scientists$77,600

Highest-paying metro areas for biological technicianss · Highest-paying occupations in Bellingham Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.