Career profile · SOC 19-1029

Biological Scientists, All Other

All biological scientists not listed separately. Includes bioinformatics scientists, molecular biologists, genomics researchers, and other specialized life scientists.

Median salary
$93,330
per year
Growth outlook
Little Or No Change
BLS 10-yr
Education
Bachelor's degree
AI exposure
4.9/10
automation risk

Salary distribution (US)

Real salary data from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The p10–p90 spread tells you more than the median alone.

Bottom 10%
$49,790
25th %ile
$65,390
Median
$93,330
75th %ile
$119,600
Top 10%
$154,320

Top skills

Critical Thinking Science Reading Comprehension Active Learning Complex Problem Solving Writing Mathematics Speaking Active Listening Judgment and Decision Making

Knowledge you'll build

  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • English Language
  • Mathematics
  • Computers and Electronics
  • Education and Training

A day in the life

You start the day reviewing overnight sequencing results on your laptop, then head to the wet lab to set up PCR reactions and prepare cell cultures for an experiment on gene expression. By midday you are at a bioinformatics workstation, writing scripts to align genomic sequences and identify mutations that might be linked to a disease. Afternoons could include a journal club where your team dissects the latest research paper, a meeting with a biotech partner exploring commercial applications, or writing a section of a grant proposal. The pace of biological discovery is accelerating, and being at the lab bench when a breakthrough clicks into focus is an unbeatable feeling.

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