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Biological Technicians in New Jersey

Want to work in New Jersey as a Biological Technician? Read this first!

6.1% Jobs Projection
$50,350 Median Salary
90 Job Openings

You’re in luck! Jobs for Biological Technicians in New Jersey are projected to grow and these jobs tend to pay higher than average.

  • Projected employment for Biological Technicians in New Jersey is growing faster than average.

  • Biological Technicians in New Jersey earn higher salaries than the typical U.S. wage earner.

How Many Biological Technicians Work in New Jersey?

770 people worked as Biological Technicians in 2018 in this state.

There were 800 Biological Technicians employed in this state in 2017.

That’s a decline of 30 jobs between 2017 and 2018.

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The typical state has 720 Biological Technicians working in it, which means New Jersey has more Biological Technicians than average.

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Job Projections for New Jersey

Jobs for Biological Technicians in this state are growing at a rate of 6.1% which is slower than the nationwide estimated projection of 10.1%.

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New Jersey Annual Job Openings

The BLS is projecting 90 annual Biological Technicians job openings in New Jersey, and 870 total jobs in the year 2026.

Nationwide, the prediction is 8,900 annual jobs and 90,400 total jobs in 2026.

What do Biological Technicians Make in New Jersey?

In 2018 wages for Biological Technicians ranged from $32,570 to $83,250 with $50,350 being the median annual salary.

Broken down to an hourly rate, workers in this field made anywhere from $15.66 to $40.02. The median hourly rate was $24.21.

Workers in this field were paid a median of $23.89 an hour in 2017.

The hourly rate grew by $0.32.

The median salary in New Jersey is higher than the nationwide median salary.

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Top New Jersey Metros for Biological Technicians

The table below shows some of the metros in this state with the most Biological Technicians.

Metro Number Employed Annual Median Salary
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA 2,580 $50,340
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 2,500 $51,230
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 170 $37,080
Trenton, NJ 120 $56,230
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ 50 n/a

Top States for Biological Technicians Employment

The table below shows the states where most Biological Technicians work.

State Number Employed Annual Median Salary
California 10,990 $50,100
Texas 5,890 $44,070
Massachusetts 5,560 $51,290
Ohio 4,110 $43,950
Pennsylvania 3,750 $46,100
Maryland 3,520 $48,870
New York 3,460 $46,980
Washington 3,200 $42,910
Colorado 2,850 $42,470
Oregon 2,740 $39,610
North Carolina 2,240 $41,970
Florida 2,240 $42,850
Illinois 1,830 $52,920
Georgia 1,630 $47,320
Tennessee 1,240 $38,890
Indiana 1,230 $40,900
Wisconsin 1,160 $45,320
Missouri 1,160 $40,460
Arizona 1,090 $33,400
Connecticut 990 $55,300

Below are the states where Biological Technicians get paid the most:

State Annual Median Salary
Connecticut $55,300
Illinois $52,920
District of Columbia $52,000
Massachusetts $51,290
New Jersey $50,350
California $50,100
New Hampshire $49,240
Delaware $48,890
Maryland $48,870
Minnesota $48,630

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