H-1B demand profile: Bioinformatics Scientists. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 19-1029-01, employers filed 5,334 Labor Condition Applications for Bioinformatics Scientists positions across 903 distinct H-1B sponsors. The DOL certified these petitions at a 81.9% rate, a measure of how cleanly the prevailing-wage and working-conditions attestations cleared preliminary review. That volume places Bioinformatics Scientists among the concrete, data-backed specialty occupations qualifying under the H-1B program’s bachelor’s-degree-plus-theoretical-knowledge standard.

Salary band for Bioinformatics Scientists. Offered wages on LCAs range from $36,733 at the floor to $913,440 at the ceiling, with an average of $101,001. These figures reflect what employers commit to pay sponsored workers, not market averages, each offer must meet or exceed the DOL prevailing wage (Level I through IV) for the worksite, so the distribution tracks wage-level geography, years of experience, and regional cost of labor more than it does any single employer’s pay philosophy.

Where and who sponsors Bioinformatics Scientists. The top sponsor is ZIFO TECHNOLOGIES, INC with 228 petitions at an average offered wage of $86,618, followed by The Broad Institute, Inc, PPD Development, LP, National Institutes of Health, HHS. Geographically, CA leads with 1,037 filings (avg $115,803), followed by MA, NY, TX. Taken together, the sponsor concentration and state footprint give a practical read on where demand for Bioinformatics Scientists actually clusters in the U.S. labor market, and how competitive pay for the role looks through the DOL’s H-1B lens.