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Biological Technicians pay in California and South Carolina
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Biological Technicians is $71,440 per year in California. It is $53,040 per year in South Carolina. California is 34.7% above South Carolina on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 19-4021 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 9,210 wage and salary jobs in California and 550 in South Carolina. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.