• Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2021

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)
318,780	0.8 %	$ 27.36	$ 56,910	0.3 %

Percentile wage estimates for Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$ 14.56	$ 18.26	$ 27.79	$ 35.83	$ 38.15
Annual Wage (2)	$ 30,280	$ 37,990	$ 57,800	$ 74,530	$ 79,340

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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	146,550	2.62	$ 28.79	$ 59,880
Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories	68,590	23.31	$ 26.95	$ 56,050
Offices of Physicians	30,800	1.14	$ 25.51	$ 53,060
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	11,670	0.39	$ 26.19	$ 54,470
Outpatient Care Centers	11,280	1.14	$ 28.73	$ 59,750

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	68,590	23.31	$ 26.95	$ 56,050
Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	11,120	3.57	$ 20.90	$ 43,470
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	146,550	2.62	$ 28.79	$ 59,880
Outpatient Care Centers	11,280	1.14	$ 28.73	$ 59,750
Offices of Physicians	30,800	1.14	$ 25.51	$ 53,060

Top paying industries for Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers	(8)	(8)	$ 48.59	$ 101,080
Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods (4242 and 4246 only)	210	0.05	$ 37.64	$ 78,290
Computer Systems Design and Related Services	(8)	(8)	$ 35.35	$ 73,520
Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing	60	0.02	$ 34.95	$ 72,690
Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services	420	0.03	$ 32.90	$ 68,430

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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)
California	25,910	1.57	0.69	$ 32.91	$ 68,450
Texas	24,300	1.99	0.88	$ 25.60	$ 53,240
Florida	23,850	2.77	1.22	$ 25.14	$ 52,280
New York	17,030	1.96	0.87	$ 34.85	$ 72,500
Ohio	12,910	2.48	1.10	$ 27.00	$ 56,170

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)
Massachusetts	12,170	3.58	1.58	$ 29.32	$ 60,980
Utah	5,530	3.55	1.57	$ 24.30	$ 50,540
North Dakota	1,300	3.29	1.45	$ 26.72	$ 55,580
Alabama	6,170	3.20	1.42	$ 22.20	$ 46,170
Missouri	8,530	3.13	1.38	$ 24.16	$ 50,260

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	17,030	1.96	0.87	$ 34.85	$ 72,500
Rhode Island	900	1.97	0.87	$ 33.93	$ 70,580
Connecticut	3,210	2.04	0.90	$ 33.76	$ 70,220
Oregon	2,980	1.63	0.72	$ 33.33	$ 69,330
California	25,910	1.57	0.69	$ 32.91	$ 68,450

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	18,400	2.12	0.94	$ 35.06	$ 72,930
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	10,050	1.76	0.78	$ 31.63	$ 65,790
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH	9,810	3.79	1.68	$ 29.47	$ 61,290
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	9,030	2.13	0.94	$ 27.28	$ 56,750
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	7,950	3.24	1.43	$ 25.54	$ 53,130
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	7,500	2.09	0.92	$ 27.27	$ 56,710
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	6,880	2.34	1.04	$ 30.06	$ 62,530
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ	6,280	2.97	1.31	$ 24.26	$ 50,470
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	5,840	2.02	0.89	$ 26.81	$ 55,760
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	5,490	2.12	0.94	$ 26.97	$ 56,090

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	1,220	19.74	8.72	$ 25.91	$ 53,880
Charlottesville, VA	760	7.16	3.16	$ 26.80	$ 55,740
Rochester, MN	790	6.82	3.01	$ 28.14	$ 58,540
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	1,990	6.37	2.81	$ 26.35	$ 54,800
Salt Lake City, UT	4,220	5.68	2.51	$ 24.48	$ 50,920
Gainesville, FL	710	5.35	2.36	$ 25.64	$ 53,330
Columbia, MO	500	5.34	2.36	$ 22.20	$ 46,170
Morgantown, WV	310	5.01	2.21	$ 26.61	$ 55,340
Dothan, AL	280	4.99	2.21	$ 20.00	$ 41,600
Birmingham-Hoover, AL	2,340	4.84	2.14	$ 23.76	$ 49,410