• Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2023

29-2010 Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians

This occupation includes the 2018 SOC occupations 29-2011 Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists and 29-2012 Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians.

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National estimates for Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians
Industry profile for Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians
Geographic profile for Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians

National estimates for Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians:

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians:

Employment (1)	Employment RSE (3)	Mean hourly wage	Mean annual wage (2)	Wage RSE (3)
334,380	0.6 %	$ 30.22	$ 62,870	0.3 %

Percentile wage estimates for Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$ 17.68	$ 21.67	$ 29.22	$ 37.56	$ 45.14
Annual Wage (2)	$ 36,770	$ 45,080	$ 60,780	$ 78,120	$ 93,900

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Industry profile for Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians:

Industries with the highest published employment and wages for Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians are provided. For a list of all industries with employment in Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians, see the Create Customized Tables function.

Industries with the highest levels of employment in Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	145,230	2.54	$ 32.06	$ 66,680
Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories	73,010	22.74	$ 29.37	$ 61,100
Offices of Physicians	30,000	1.06	$ 27.14	$ 56,440
Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	13,170	3.82	$ 24.34	$ 50,620
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	12,330	0.40	$ 29.28	$ 60,900

Industries with the highest concentration of employment in Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories	73,010	22.74	$ 29.37	$ 61,100
Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	13,170	3.82	$ 24.34	$ 50,620
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	145,230	2.54	$ 32.06	$ 66,680
Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals	3,050	1.07	$ 35.83	$ 74,530
Offices of Physicians	30,000	1.06	$ 27.14	$ 56,440

Top paying industries for Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals	3,050	1.07	$ 35.83	$ 74,530
Federal, State, and Local Government, excluding State and Local Government Schools and Hospitals and the U.S. Postal Service (OEWS Designation)	7,860	0.37	$ 35.42	$ 73,680
Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods (4242 and 4246 only)	280	0.07	$ 35.12	$ 73,040
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,420	0.05	$ 34.12	$ 70,960
Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing	80	0.02	$ 33.48	$ 69,640

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Geographic profile for Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians:

States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians are provided. For a list of all areas with employment in Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians, see the Create Customized Tables function.

States with the highest employment level in Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Texas	29,140	2.15	0.98	$ 27.44	$ 57,080
California	26,960	1.50	0.68	$ 35.36	$ 73,560
Florida	24,160	2.53	1.15	$ 28.10	$ 58,450
New York	17,770	1.89	0.86	$ 39.39	$ 81,930
Massachusetts	13,050	3.58	1.63	$ 33.78	$ 70,270

States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Mississippi	4,310	3.74	1.70	$ 22.03	$ 45,820
Utah	6,050	3.61	1.64	$ 25.15	$ 52,320
Massachusetts	13,050	3.58	1.63	$ 33.78	$ 70,270
Missouri	8,830	3.07	1.39	$ 27.81	$ 57,840
Alabama	6,210	3.02	1.37	$ 23.90	$ 49,700

Top paying states for Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
New York	17,770	1.89	0.86	$ 39.39	$ 81,930
Oregon	3,430	1.77	0.80	$ 36.94	$ 76,830
Connecticut	3,840	2.31	1.05	$ 36.63	$ 76,190
Vermont	460	1.52	0.69	$ 36.38	$ 75,660
New Hampshire	720	1.06	0.48	$ 36.02	$ 74,920

Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians:

Metropolitan area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA	19,320	2.03	0.92	$ 39.08	$ 81,290
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH	10,300	3.73	1.69	$ 33.99	$ 70,710
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	10,080	1.63	0.74	$ 33.05	$ 68,740
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	8,530	2.15	0.98	$ 28.69	$ 59,680
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	7,960	2.50	1.14	$ 27.91	$ 58,050
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	7,760	1.72	0.78	$ 32.02	$ 66,590
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	6,960	2.56	1.16	$ 29.91	$ 62,220
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ	6,760	2.95	1.34	$ 30.97	$ 64,410
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	6,370	2.26	1.03	$ 31.78	$ 66,110
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	6,260	2.02	0.92	$ 32.66	$ 67,940

Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians:

Metropolitan area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Burlington, NC	1,860	28.21	12.81	$ 25.37	$ 52,760
Hattiesburg, MS	520	8.38	3.80	$ 18.08	$ 37,610
Gainesville, FL	860	6.12	2.78	$ 27.40	$ 57,000
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	1,960	5.83	2.65	$ 29.95	$ 62,290
Salt Lake City, UT	4,670	5.81	2.64	$ 24.84	$ 51,670
Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS	760	5.02	2.28	$ 19.18	$ 39,890
Madison, WI	1,990	5.01	2.28	$ 28.81	$ 59,920
New Haven, CT	1,450	4.99	2.27	$ 38.11	$ 79,270
Greenville, NC	390	4.92	2.23	$ 29.96	$ 62,310
Morgantown, WV	300	4.57	2.07	$ 30.35	$ 63,120