H-1B demand profile: Forensic Science Technicians. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 19-4092-00, employers filed 22 Labor Condition Applications for Forensic Science Technicians positions across 14 distinct H-1B sponsors. The DOL certified these petitions at a 95.5% rate, a measure of how cleanly the prevailing-wage and working-conditions attestations cleared preliminary review. That volume places Forensic Science Technicians among the concrete, data-backed specialty occupations qualifying under the H-1B program’s bachelor’s-degree-plus-theoretical-knowledge standard.

Salary band for Forensic Science Technicians. Offered wages on LCAs range from $45,777 at the floor to $190,182 at the ceiling, with an average of $89,970. 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 Forensic Science Technicians. The top sponsor is Bode Cellmark Forensics, Inc with 6 petitions at an average offered wage of $78,691, followed by CRA International, Inc, Kern County District Attorney's Office, Forensic Science Division, Acadiana Criminalistics Laboratory. Geographically, CA leads with 6 filings (avg $114,273), followed by VA, FL, LA. Taken together, the sponsor concentration and state footprint give a practical read on where demand for Forensic Science Technicians actually clusters in the U.S. labor market, and how competitive pay for the role looks through the DOL’s H-1B lens.