Research Technician I (Ben Towne Center: Delaney Lab)
Seattle, WAResearch$21.3–31.09/hrSeen 2 days agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago
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Job overview
The Research Technician I performs laboratory procedures and investigative work for ongoing research projects in scientific and biomedical disciplines. The role conducts technical analyses or biomedical tests, collects and verifies data, and compiles information to support research. A bachelor’s degree in an appropriate science or technology field, or specified coursework combined with equivalent lab experience, is required. Data entry, spreadsheet analysis, and laboratory research experience are preferred.
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Full job description
Perform laboratory procedures and investigative work as part of ongoing research projects in physical, chemical, biological, biochemical and/or biomedical sciences. Perform technical procedures such as chemical, physical or biological analysis of organic or inorganic material or conduct biomedical tests in a research setting. Collect, verify and record data, compile information in support of research. Apply knowledge and skills applicable to assigned technical discipline.
Required Education and Experience
Bachelor’s Degree in an appropriate field of science or technology OR college-level coursework in biology, molecular biology, biochemistry, microbiology, or in a related science curriculum AND equivalent lab experience.
Required Credentials
N/A.
Preferred
Data entry and/or word processing experience. Experience in analyzing data using spreadsheets and statistical analysis. At least two (2) years experience in a laboratory/research setting. Research experience in biochemistry, molecular biology, and tissue culture techniques may be preferred.
Compensation Range
$21.30 - $31.09 per hour
Salary Information
This compensation range was calculated based on full-time employment (2080 hours worked per calendar year). Offers are determined by multiple factors including equity, skills, experience, and expertise, and may vary within the range provided.
Disclaimer for Out of State Applicants
This compensation range is specific to Seattle, positions located outside of Seattle may be compensated differently depending on various factors .
Benefits Information
Seattle Children’s offers a generous benefit package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, 403(b), life insurance, paid time off, tuition reimbursement, and more. Additional details on our benefits can be found on our website www.seattlechildrens.org/careers/benefits .
About Us
Hope. Care. Cure. These three simple words capture what we do at Seattle Children’s – to help every child live the healthiest and most fulfilling life possible. Are you ready to engage with a mission-driven organization that is life-changing to many, and touches the hearts of all? #HOPECARECURE
Our founding promise to the community is as valid today as it was over a century ago: we will care for all children in our region, regardless of the families’ ability to pay. Together, we deliver superior patient care, advance new discoveries and treatments through pediatric research, and serve as the pediatric and adolescent, academic medical center for Washington, Alaska, Montana and Idaho – the largest region of any children’s hospital in the country.
U.S. News & World Report consistently ranks Seattle Children’s among the nation’s best children’s hospitals. For more than a decade, Seattle Children’s has been nationally recognized in key specialty areas. We are honored to be one of the nation’s very best places to care for children and the top-ranked pediatric hospital in Washington and the Pacific Northwest.
As a Magnet designated institution, we recognize the importance of hiring and developing great talent to provide best-in-class care to the patients and families we serve. Our organizational DNA takes form in our core values: Compassion, Excellence, Integrity, Collaboration, Equity and Innovation. Whether it’s delivering frontline care to our patients in a kind and caring manner, practicing the highest standards of quality and safety, or being relentlessly curious as we work towards eradicating childhood diseases, these values are the fabric of our culture and community. The future starts here.
Our Commitment
Seattle Children’s welcomes people of all experiences, backgrounds, and thoughts as this is what drives our spirit of inquiry and allows us to better connect with our patients and families. Our organization recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes based on merit without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
The people who work at Seattle Children’s are members of a community that seeks to respect and celebrate all the qualities that make each of us unique. Each of us is empowered to be ourselves.
Seattle Children’s is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Workplace and Affirmative Action Employer.
How this job compares
Set against the 2,141 open Laboratory Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$21.3–31.09/hr
- Washington median$25–37/hr25 hourly ranges
- US median$22–26/hr1,014 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $26.20/hr, is 14% below the Washington median midpoint ($30/hr) — in the lowest quarter of Laboratory Technician hourly ranges in Washington.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 33 open Laboratory Technician jobs in Washington and 2,141 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- Laboratory Technician postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (906 postings).
- Education
- 288 of the 2,141 open Laboratory Technician jobs (13%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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