Biological Technicians

Assist biological and medical scientists in laboratories. Set up, operate, and maintain laboratory instruments and equipment, monitor experiments, make observations, and calculate and record results. May analyze organic substances, such as blood, food, and drugs.

Programs That Prepare You

College programs linked to this occupation, ranked by graduate earnings

Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology(masters)University of Pennsylvania, PA

$185,874

Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences(masters)Duke University, NC

$171,112

Biology(masters)Johns Hopkins University, MD

$153,622

Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology(masters)University of Washington-Seattle Campus, WA

$150,114

Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology(masters)Harvard University, MA

$142,377

Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology(doctoral)University of California-San Francisco, CA

$117,339

Biology(doctoral)Rutgers University-New Brunswick, NJ

$106,354

Biology(doctoral)Rutgers University-Newark, NJ

$106,354

Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology(masters)New York University, NY

$100,602

Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology(masters)Columbia University in the City of New York, NY

$100,512

Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology(masters)University of Chicago, IL

$99,193

Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology(grad-cert)Columbia University in the City of New York, NY

$97,522

Biology(doctoral)Johns Hopkins University, MD

$96,695

Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology(masters)Oregon Health & Science University, OR

$93,583

Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology(doctoral)Johns Hopkins University, MD

$91,570

Biology(masters)University of Maryland-Baltimore County, MD

$91,503

Biology(masters)University of Maryland-College Park, MD

$91,503

Biology(masters)Salisbury University, MD

$91,503

Biology(masters)Hood College, MD

$91,503

Genetics(masters)Long Island University, NY

$89,484

Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology(masters)Arizona State University Campus Immersion, AZ

$88,036

Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology(masters)Arizona State University Digital Immersion, AZ

$88,036

Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology(masters)George Mason University, VA

$87,769

Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology(masters)Christian Brothers University, TN

$87,769

Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology(masters)Augusta University, GA

$87,769