Bioinformatics Technicians Career, Salary and Skills
Bioinformatics Technicians have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $81,490 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 3,720. Wage data is published for 24 locations.
Occupation description
Apply principles and methods of bioinformatics to assist scientists in areas such as pharmaceuticals, medical technology, biotechnology, computational biology, proteomics, computer information science, biology and medical informatics. Apply bioinformatics tools to visualize, analyze, manipulate or interpret molecular data. May build and maintain databases for processing and analyzing genomic or other biological information.
O*NET code
15-2099.01
Job zone
4
Typical education
Bachelor's Degree
Experience
Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years
National salary and employment
Median annual
$81,490
Hourly median
$39.18
Employment
3,720
Data year
2025
National salary distribution
Top skills
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Reading Comprehension | 3.75 | 4.25 |
| Active Learning | 3.50 | 3.88 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 3.50 | 3.50 |
| Complex Problem Solving | 3.50 | 3.38 |
| Writing | 3.50 | 3.75 |
| Critical Thinking | 3.50 | 3.75 |
| Active Listening | 3.50 | 3.62 |
| Speaking | 3.38 | 3.62 |
| Mathematics | 3.38 | 3.88 |
| Monitoring | 3.25 | 3.50 |
Typical tasks
- Confer with researchers, clinicians, or information technology staff to determine data needs and programming requirements and to provide assistance with database-related research activities.
- Analyze or manipulate bioinformatics data using software packages, statistical applications, or data mining techniques.
- Document all database changes, modifications, or problems.
- Monitor database performance and perform any necessary maintenance, upgrades, or repairs.
- Participate in the preparation of reports or scientific publications.
- Maintain awareness of new and emerging computational methods and technologies.
- Test new or updated software or tools and provide feedback to developers.
- Conduct quality analyses of data inputs and resulting analyses or predictions.
Technology
- Apache Subversion SVN
- Atlassian Bamboo
- Avaya Identity Engines
- Basic Local Alignment Search Tool BLAST
- Bioconductor
- Bowtie
- Burrows-Wheeler Aligner BWA
- C
- C++
- ClustalW
- Cufflinks
- Data visualization software
- Esri ArcGIS
- Genome Analysis Toolkit GATK
Bioinformatics Technicians salary by location
Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.
- Bioinformatics Technicians Salary in ILMedian $81,090 · Employment 1,320
- Bioinformatics Technicians Salary in Chicago, ILMedian $82,230 · Employment 1,100
- Bioinformatics Technicians Salary in WAMedian $65,840 · Employment 320
- Bioinformatics Technicians Salary in Seattle, WAMedian $72,710 · Employment 240
- Bioinformatics Technicians Salary in VAMedian $59,990 · Employment 180
- Bioinformatics Technicians Salary in CAMedian $180,500 · Employment 120
- Bioinformatics Technicians Salary in AKMedian $78,580 · Employment 90
- Bioinformatics Technicians Salary in Birmingham, ALMedian $62,630 · Employment 80
- Bioinformatics Technicians Salary in NYMedian $79,460 · Employment 70
- Bioinformatics Technicians Salary in New York, NYMedian $79,460 · Employment 70
- Bioinformatics Technicians Salary in MDMedian $42,850 · Employment 50
- Bioinformatics Technicians Salary in NJMedian $61,400 · Employment 50
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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.