Medical Laboratory Scientist H-1B wages

Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Most are classified as Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists (SOC 29-2011).

Employers filed 347 wage applications for Medical Laboratory Scientist jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 101 employers. The median offered wage was $69,950, 20.5% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. Northwestern Memorial HealthCare filed the most (28, median $75,400).

Filings: 347
Positions covered: 404
Employers: 101
Median offered: $69,950
Median prevailing wage: $55,078
Filings since FY2020: 1,258
Median offer change since FY2020: +34%

Medical Laboratory Scientist, all employers347 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$69,950Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$63,752 to $74,636Where the middle half of the filings fall

$55,078Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Medical Laboratory Scientist jobs rose 34%, from $52,593 in fiscal 2020 to $70,325 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 21.9% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 348 filings.

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year

Fiscal years run October to September. Fiscal 2026 is still running: these figures cover October 2025 to June 2026.

Medical Laboratory Scientist by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	242	$70,325	+5.7%	$55,162	+21.9%
2025	348	$66,560	+4.7%	$52,978	+18.5%
2024	233	$63,565	+1.2%	$46,696	+29.9%
2023	197	$62,785	+13.9%	$48,277	+27.3%
2022	105	$55,120	+4.1%	$44,845	+21.8%
2021	82	$52,936	+0.7%	$44,845	+21.7%
2020	51	$52,593	n/a	$41,621	+29.9%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Northwestern Memorial HealthCare	28	$75,400	+2.7%
Sanford	27	$65,853	+40.9%
Sanford Health	22	$68,131	+46.1%
Comanche County Hospital Authority	18	$36,743	at the minimum
Alegent Health-Bergan Mercy Health	16	$72,613	+14.5%
Trinity Medical Center	12	$70,076	+45.4%
Indiana University Health, Inc.	10	$70,720	+5.5%
Providence Health & Services - Oregon	8	$59,789	at the minimum
Mercy Medical Center	7	$84,760	+21.9%
Northwest Iowa Hospital Corporation	7	$71,635	+48.6%
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated	6	$61,152	+18.2%
CoxHealth	6	$61,370	+46.6%
Appalachian Regional Healthcare, Inc.	6	$64,480	+85.3%
UMC Health System	5	$59,925	+3.2%
The Skaggs Community Hospital Association d/b/a Cox Medical Center Branson	5	$65,374	+56.1%
Harrison Medical Center	5	$88,296	+25.1%
Duke University Health System	5	$63,898	+52.2%
Mercy Hospital of Valley City	5	$70,751	+10.7%
Alegent Health-Bergan Mercy Health System	5	$71,906	+12.6%
Lake Regional Health System	4	$69,474	+95.1%
CentraCare Health System Sauk Centre	4	$60,570	+11.6%
University of Mississippi Medical Center	4	$54,694	+47.4%
Northwest Community Hospital	3	$83,242	+43.6%
Sanford Bismarck	3	$72,280	+60.3%
Inova Health Care Services	3	$79,394	+27.7%

Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 101. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.

Where Medical Laboratory Scientist jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Omaha, NE	24	$72,176	+13.7%
Chicago, IL	18	$74,256	+1.9%
Lawton, OK	18	$36,743	at the minimum
Bismarck, ND	16	$65,790	+45.5%
Fargo, ND	13	$68,245	+51.3%
Rock Island, IL	12	$70,076	+45.4%
Indianapolis, IN	9	$70,720	+5.5%
Winfield, IL	8	$84,531	+14.1%
Sioux City, IA	7	$71,635	+48.6%
Branson, MO	6	$62,878	+50.2%
Sioux Falls, SD	6	$67,663	+28.2%
Durham, NC	5	$63,898	+52.2%
Lubbock, TX	5	$59,925	+3.2%
Portland, OR	5	$69,950	at the minimum
Roseburg, OR	5	$99,445	+43.8%
Springfield, MO	5	$61,422	+46.7%
Williston, ND	5	$71,812	+14.8%
Carrington, ND	4	$70,023	+8.3%
Osage Beach, MO	4	$69,474	+95.1%
Pendleton, OR	4	$85,821	+10.8%
St. Cloud, MN	4	$63,752	+17.3%
Sauk Centre, MN	4	$60,570	+11.6%
Silverdale, WA	4	$87,849	+26.5%
Amsterdam, NY	3	$80,038	+70.0%
Arlington Heights, IL	3	$83,242	+43.6%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry19%

Level II, qualified57%

Level III, experienced20%

Level IV, fully competent4%

The government assigns each job one of four wage levels. A higher level means a higher legal minimum.

What these numbers are

They are wages employers attested to on Labor Condition Applications (Form ETA-9035), not paychecks. Bonuses and stock are not included.
A filing is not a visa or a hire. One filing can cover several positions, and some are later withdrawn. Wage figures use certified filings only.
The prevailing wage is the minimum the employer must pay for that job in that area, set from government wage surveys.
6 filings are for part-time work. Hourly wages are shown as full-time equivalents (2,080 hours a year).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.