What the work involves, what it pays, and grounded tasks, skills, tools, and experience you can choose from.
Also called aquatic technician, aquatics technician, artificial breeding laboratory technician and artificial breeding technician.
$57,510
Median pay a year
69,620
People do this work
6
Resume lines ready for you
Real figures for this work, and lines you can use in your own resume. Where they come from is at the foot of this page.
An example
A Biological Technician resume, filled in
Common skills that can help you remember what you used on the job.
Researching microbiological processes
Monitoring operational procedures
Recording research data
Examining living behavior
Conducting research
Measuring substances
Calculating weights
Interpreting research data
Analyzing chemical compounds
Cleaning objects
Collecting biological specimens
Setting up lab equipment
Every line comes from the same public record as the rest of this page. The greyed parts are the ones only you can answer.
Biological Technician
Summary
Biological technician assisting scientists in research by setting up and maintaining laboratory equipment, collecting and analyzing samples, and recording experimental data for evaluation in various scientific fields
Experience
Biological Technician
Where you worked
Month Year to Month Year
Conducted research and assisted in the collection of samples, including blood, water, soil, plants, and animals
Monitored and observed experiments, recording production and test data for evaluation by research personnel
Analyzed experimental data and interpreted results to write reports and summaries of findings
Provided technical support and services for scientists and engineers in agriculture, environmental science, and health sciences
Isolated, identified, and prepared specimens for examination in laboratory settings
Set up, adjusted, calibrated, cleaned, maintained, and troubleshot laboratory and field equipment
Conducted standardized biological, microbiological, or biochemical tests to evaluate the quality of substances in products
Skills
Core Skills
Researching microbiological processes, Monitoring operational procedures, Examining living behavior, Conducting research, Recording research data, Cleaning objects
Checking & Planning
Measuring substances, Calculating weights, Interpreting research data, Analyzing chemical compounds
Tools and software
Microsoft .NET Framework, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office software
Education
Bachelor's Degree Your college, Year
Yours will not say this. You choose what matches your experience, and every line remains yours to confirm or change.
Nothing to write from scratch
What to put on a Biological Technician resume
Real duties for this job, already written the way a resume reads. Inside Rung you choose the ones that were yours.
What did you do each day?
Choose what fits, or say your own.
Conducted research and collected samplesUsed computers and high-technology applicationsMonitored experiments and recorded dataAnalyzed data and wrote reportsProvided technical support for scientistsMaintained detailed logs of activities
becomes
On your resume
Conducted research and collected samples to support scientific studies
Monitored experiments and recorded data for evaluation and analysis
These are written the way a resume line reads. Rung asks which ones are actually yours, keeps your own words, and never claims work you did not do.
Then it asks for one more thing
The line that could show more, and the fact that lands it.
Make it stronger
A few lines could show more. Each one is asked, and answered by choosing.
Mention what types of samples you collected for research
The line
Conducted research and collected blood and soil samples to support scientific studies
Mention what types of samples you collected for research
Pick one that fits
Blood and soil samplesWater and plant specimensAnimal tissue samples
Or add your own.
In your wordsAdd it
Adding it to the line…
Added to your resume
Show what improved once the data was recorded
The line
Monitored experiments and recorded data for evaluation and analysis
Show what improved once the data was recorded
Pick one that fits
Helped identify trends in experimental resultsImproved accuracy of research findingsFacilitated quicker decision-making for experiments
Or add your own.
In your wordsAdd it
Adding it to the line…
Added to your resume
Every ready answer is in plain words, never a figure. Nothing is invented to fill a gap.
The work itself
What a Biological Technician does
The public record of what this job is, in one paragraph.
Assist biological and medical scientists. Set up, operate, and maintain laboratory instruments and equipment, monitor experiments, collect data and samples, make observations, and calculate and record results. May analyze organic substances, such as blood, food, and drugs.
What it pays
How much does a Biological Technician make?
Annual pay across the United States. The middle figure is the median: half earn less than that, and half earn more.
25th percentile
$48,130
Median
$57,510
75th percentile
$71,520
About 69,620 people do this work in the United States.
What you can already claim as a Biological Technician
Below are the tasks a Biological Technician job is made of. Choose the ones you have really done. There is no wrong answer here, and you can change any of it later.
Which of these tasks have you actually done?
4 chosen. Rung never adds a task you did not choose.
You can already claim 4 of the 9 tasks this job is made of.
What you have not done yet. Conducting research, Measuring substances, Calculating weights
Your resume, already started
Biological Technician
Researching microbiological processes
Monitoring operational procedures
Recording research data
Examining living behavior
Nothing here was invented. Every line is something you chose above, and it comes with you when you start.
Free resume help
Start with this job
Choose what matches your experience. Rung shapes your confirmed choices into a resume you control, saved on your own device.
A resume that is yours to keep
You leave with a PDF and a Word file, and a cover letter if you want one.
Nothing to pay when you download, no account, and the resume saves to your own device.
Every line offered comes from public job data, not a template.
Nothing to write from scratch: the lines are ready, and you choose the ones that were yours.
This page is about the occupation Biological Technicians. What this job involves and what it is made of come from O*NET 30.3, the US Department of Labor's occupation database, refreshed July 2026; Rung writes those records into the plain sentences you see. Pay comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS release for 2025. How Rung handles accuracy is on the accuracy page, and the full data credits are on the credits page.