• Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2022

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)
333,600	0.7 %	$ 28.43	$ 59,130	0.3 %

Percentile wage estimates for Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$ 16.93	$ 19.44	$ 27.59	$ 36.02	$ 40.71
Annual Wage (2)	$ 35,220	$ 40,440	$ 57,380	$ 74,920	$ 84,670

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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	147,590	2.64	$ 30.21	$ 62,850
Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories	70,960	22.31	$ 27.59	$ 57,380
Offices of Physicians	31,400	1.13	$ 25.98	$ 54,030
Employment Services	12,760	0.32	$ 25.95	$ 53,970
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	12,350	0.41	$ 27.40	$ 56,980

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	70,960	22.31	$ 27.59	$ 57,380
Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	11,780	3.68	$ 22.35	$ 46,490
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	147,590	2.64	$ 30.21	$ 62,850
Offices of Physicians	31,400	1.13	$ 25.98	$ 54,030
Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals	2,970	1.10	$ 33.21	$ 69,070

Top paying industries for Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services	720	0.04	$ 35.73	$ 74,320
Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods (4242 and 4246 only)	230	0.06	$ 33.99	$ 70,700
Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals	2,970	1.10	$ 33.21	$ 69,070
Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers	270	0.04	$ 33.13	$ 68,900
Federal Executive Branch (OEWS Designation)	7,870	0.38	$ 32.16	$ 66,900

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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	29,730	1.69	0.75	$ 33.09	$ 68,820
Florida	25,870	2.81	1.25	$ 26.67	$ 55,480
Texas	25,020	1.93	0.85	$ 26.34	$ 54,790
New York	16,990	1.87	0.83	$ 36.59	$ 76,110
Massachusetts	13,660	3.83	1.70	$ 31.03	$ 64,530

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	13,660	3.83	1.70	$ 31.03	$ 64,530
Utah	6,030	3.71	1.64	$ 24.66	$ 51,300
Mississippi	3,890	3.44	1.52	$ 21.09	$ 43,870
North Dakota	1,260	3.10	1.38	$ 28.48	$ 59,240
Oklahoma	4,950	3.08	1.37	$ 24.90	$ 51,790

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	16,990	1.87	0.83	$ 36.59	$ 76,110
Connecticut	3,690	2.26	1.00	$ 35.56	$ 73,960
Oregon	3,030	1.60	0.71	$ 35.11	$ 73,020
New Hampshire	570	0.86	0.38	$ 35.04	$ 72,870
New Jersey	8,450	2.06	0.91	$ 33.70	$ 70,100

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	18,780	2.04	0.91	$ 36.72	$ 76,380
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	11,170	1.83	0.81	$ 31.63	$ 65,780
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH	10,850	4.01	1.78	$ 31.05	$ 64,590
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	7,800	2.97	1.32	$ 27.48	$ 57,150
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	7,770	1.76	0.78	$ 29.39	$ 61,130
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	7,430	1.95	0.87	$ 27.52	$ 57,240
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ	6,450	2.90	1.29	$ 25.95	$ 53,980
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	6,280	2.08	0.92	$ 30.83	$ 64,120
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	6,250	2.05	0.91	$ 27.13	$ 56,440
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	5,760	2.08	0.92	$ 29.76	$ 61,890

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	1,320	20.46	9.07	$ 26.12	$ 54,330
Rochester, MN	1,110	9.47	4.20	$ 30.21	$ 62,830
Charlottesville, VA	770	6.99	3.10	$ 27.83	$ 57,890
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	2,010	6.13	2.72	$ 26.20	$ 54,500
Salt Lake City, UT	4,650	5.96	2.64	$ 25.15	$ 52,310
Madison, WI	2,300	5.94	2.63	$ 27.07	$ 56,300
Gainesville, FL	740	5.36	2.38	$ 27.18	$ 56,530
Roanoke, VA	760	5.20	2.30	$ 23.92	$ 49,740
New Haven, CT	1,440	5.02	2.22	$ 36.39	$ 75,690
Greenville, NC	380	4.87	2.16	$ 27.50	$ 57,200