Biological Technicians in California earn a median of $71,440 a year (24% above the U.S. median of $57,510), based on about 9,210 jobs. Pay for the same job differs a lot by employer, experience, industry and city within California. These are wages of employees in the occupation, not a forecast for any individual.
Median annual pay
$71,440
24% above the U.S. median of $57,510
Average annual pay
$78,170
Mean wage
Pay range
$46,700–$121,670
10th to 90th percentile
Jobs in the state
9,210
Employees, May 2025
Median hourly pay
$34.34
Before taxes
The state's price level is 110.7 (U.S. average = 100), so a median of $71,440 here equals roughly $64,535 after adjusting for the state's price level.
Explore more: biological technicians salary in every state · about this career · California earnings by education and major · California counties
Fields of study linked to this career by the federal CIP-to-SOC crosswalk (U.S. Department of Education, NCES, with the Bureau of Labor Statistics; a classification crosswalk, and many workers entered by other routes): Biology, General · Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology · Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences · Microbiological Sciences and Immunology
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025, state estimates (employees only; self-employed workers are not included); price-level adjustment uses the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parities (where 100 is the U.S. average; MajorPays' calculation). Wages are for an occupation in a state as a whole and vary widely by employer, experience, industry and place within the state. MajorPays selected and reorganized these figures; neither agency has approved or endorsed this presentation. See Data sources for each dataset's terms.