Occupational employment / Medical and clinical laboratory technologists

Twice a year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics compiles occupational employment and wage estimates by surveying employers nationwide. Current data was released May 1, 2009.

Estimates for "Medical and clinical laboratory technologists" are below, ordered by total employment.

Area Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 3,390 $28.27 $58,800
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 10,660 $29.41 $61,170
New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division 6,920 $29.24 $60,820
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 6,370 $26.72 $55,570
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 6,150 $33.58 $69,840
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division 5,490 $26.59 $55,300
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division 4,960 $34.31 $71,350
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 4,380 $24.55 $51,070
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division 3,850 $24.70 $51,370
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 3,720 $27.11 $56,390
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 3,600 $24.90 $51,790
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 3,510 $24.98 $51,950
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 3,090 $26.08 $54,240
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL 2,970 $26.20 $54,490
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division 2,960 $26.94 $56,040
Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division 2,780 $25.14 $52,300
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 2,710 $26.30 $54,710
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division 2,610 $27.37 $56,930
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 2,460 $22.45 $46,700
Pittsburgh, PA 2,280 $23.08 $48,000
Baltimore-Towson, MD 2,260 $28.96 $60,230
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 1,930 $29.65 $61,670
St. Louis, MO-IL 1,930 $25.62 $53,290
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 1,880 $24.84 $51,670
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 1,850 $28.11 $58,460
Denver-Aurora, CO 1,780 $26.13 $54,360
Durham, NC 1,730 $22.91 $47,660
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 1,640 $24.66 $51,300
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division 1,540 $26.15 $54,400
Kansas City, MO-KS 1,540 $25.40 $52,830
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 1,520 $35.03 $72,870
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division 1,510 $29.83 $62,050
Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division 1,450 $31.22 $64,930
Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 1,410 $22.82 $47,460
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 1,390 $25.92 $53,910
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division 1,300 $26.44 $55,000
Salt Lake City, UT 1,270 $24.22 $50,380
Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 1,240 $23.49 $48,850
Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division 1,230 $28.01 $58,260
San Antonio, TX 1,210 $24.05 $50,020
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 1,210 $23.67 $49,230
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division 1,190 $30.54 $63,520
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Division 1,180 $26.50 $55,120
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 1,160 $28.06 $58,370
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 1,130 $26.34 $54,790
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 1,090 $21.82 $45,380
Columbus, OH 1,070 $24.39 $50,720
Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division 1,060 $29.64 $61,650
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 1,000 $28.02 $58,270
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 1,000 $24.17 $50,280
Birmingham-Hoover, AL 990 $23.30 $48,470
New Haven, CT 980 $29.05 $60,430
Rochester, NY 960 $23.22 $48,290
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 920 $40.12 $83,450
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 890 $26.90 $55,950
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division 830 $24.09 $50,100
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 830 $20.79 $43,240
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division 820 $36.20 $75,290
Richmond, VA 820 $23.61 $49,110
Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 800 $25.01 $52,020
Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division 780 $31.26 $65,010
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 770 $24.80 $51,580
Albuquerque, NM 710 $20.32 $42,270
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 710 $32.09 $66,740
Jacksonville, FL 710 $24.77 $51,520
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA 700 $29.18 $60,700
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 700 $28.94 $60,180
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 700 $33.12 $68,880
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division 700 $33.66 $70,020
Austin-Round Rock, TX 690 $21.07 $43,820
Oklahoma City, OK 690 $23.85 $49,600
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 650 $24.52 $50,990
Knoxville, TN 640 $23.35 $48,560
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 640 $28.28 $58,810
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 630 $22.27 $46,310
Columbia, SC 630 $23.58 $49,050
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 620 $32.21 $66,990
Jackson, MS 600 $25.27 $52,550
Lexington-Fayette, KY 570 $23.88 $49,660
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 570 $25.74 $53,550
Worcester, MA-CT 550 $28.25 $58,760
Tulsa, OK 540 $20.31 $42,250
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 540 $24.86 $51,700
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 540 $21.54 $44,790
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 530 $25.30 $52,630
Raleigh-Cary, NC 520 $24.45 $50,860
Madison, WI 510 $24.05 $50,020
Honolulu, HI 500 $28.77 $59,850
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 490 $23.62 $49,140
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 490 $20.94 $43,550
Ann Arbor, MI 440 $25.00 $51,990
Dayton, OH 440 $25.84 $53,760
Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division 430 $28.99 $60,290
Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division 420 $28.38 $59,020
Roanoke, VA 410 $24.03 $49,980
Burlington, NC 410 $20.91 $43,490
Gainesville, FL 410 $25.36 $52,740
Baton Rouge, LA 390 $23.31 $48,490
Syracuse, NY 380 $24.74 $51,460
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 380 $24.30 $50,550
Sioux Falls, SD 370 $23.25 $48,350
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 370 $30.98 $64,440
Akron, OH 370 $24.40 $50,750
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 370 $23.82 $49,540
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division 350 $27.01 $56,190
Springfield, MA-CT 350 $27.94 $58,120
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 330 $24.02 $49,960
Tucson, AZ 330 $25.32 $52,670
Chattanooga, TN-GA 330 $26.48 $55,080
Spokane, WA 330 $28.24 $58,730
Colorado Springs, CO 320 $25.71 $53,480
Wichita, KS 310 $24.79 $51,570
Springfield, MO 300 Not available Not available
Toledo, OH 300 $25.33 $52,680
El Paso, TX 300 $22.79 $47,400
Winston-Salem, NC 300 $22.67 $47,150
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 290 $24.77 $51,520
Gary, IN Metropolitan Division 290 $22.31 $46,410
Mobile, AL 290 $23.19 $48,240
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 280 $25.78 $53,620
Fort Wayne, IN 280 $27.11 $56,380
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 270 $22.35 $46,480
Ponce, PR 270 $12.36 $25,700
Charleston, WV 260 $22.97 $47,790
Lubbock, TX 260 $22.46 $46,720
Lansing-East Lansing, MI 260 $26.46 $55,040
Lakeland, FL 250 $26.27 $54,640
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 250 $23.61 $49,100
Columbia, MO 250 $25.01 $52,020
Lancaster, PA 250 $23.93 $49,770
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 240 $25.28 $52,580
Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division 240 $24.89 $51,760
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 240 $24.35 $50,640
Fargo, ND-MN 240 $22.86 $47,550
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 240 $24.23 $50,390
Greenville, SC 230 $24.60 $51,170
Tyler, TX 210 $23.22 $48,290
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 210 $29.87 $62,120
Trenton-Ewing, NJ 210 $29.32 $60,990
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 210 $21.01 $43,710
Lincoln, NE 210 Not available Not available
Athens-Clarke County, GA 210 $20.44 $42,510
Greensboro-High Point, NC 210 $24.21 $50,360
Reno-Sparks, NV 210 $31.44 $65,400
Fresno, CA 210 $32.45 $67,500
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 200 $25.58 $53,210
Corpus Christi, TX 200 $22.85 $47,540
Flint, MI 200 $29.32 $60,990
Lafayette, LA 200 $20.28 $42,170
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 200 $34.65 $72,080
Peabody, MA NECTA Division 190 $30.22 $62,850
Savannah, GA 190 $23.68 $49,250
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 190 $26.09 $54,260
Burlington-South Burlington, VT 190 $26.67 $55,470
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 190 $25.69 $53,440
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 190 $22.88 $47,600
Canton-Massillon, OH 190 $23.67 $49,240
Asheville, NC 190 $23.60 $49,100
Green Bay, WI 180 $25.93 $53,930
Anchorage, AK 180 $29.67 $61,710
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 170 $27.01 $56,190
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 170 $22.22 $46,220
Framingham, MA NECTA Division 170 $25.77 $53,600
Montgomery, AL 170 $22.25 $46,280
Macon, GA 170 $25.45 $52,930
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 170 $34.51 $71,780
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 160 $23.64 $49,170
Fayetteville, NC 160 $23.74 $49,380
Topeka, KS 160 $26.84 $55,830
Alexandria, LA 150 $23.35 $48,570
Fort Smith, AR-OK 150 $20.96 $43,610
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 150 $23.65 $49,200
Ogden-Clearfield, UT 150 $25.29 $52,610
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 150 $24.97 $51,940
St. Cloud, MN 150 $27.83 $57,890
Duluth, MN-WI 150 $27.99 $58,230
Columbus, GA-AL 140 $25.05 $52,110
Bakersfield, CA 140 $31.51 $65,550
Joplin, MO 140 $22.29 $46,360
Amarillo, TX 140 $22.83 $47,490
Stockton, CA 140 $33.85 $70,410
Valdosta, GA 130 $19.29 $40,120
Provo-Orem, UT 130 $25.50 $53,040
Wilmington, NC 130 $25.27 $52,550
Lake Charles, LA 130 $24.38 $50,710
Monroe, LA 130 $22.84 $47,510
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 130 $24.65 $51,270
Tallahassee, FL 130 $24.51 $50,970
Huntsville, AL 130 $24.11 $50,150
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 130 $34.13 $70,990
Ocala, FL 120 $23.72 $49,340
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA 120 $36.87 $76,700
Dothan, AL 120 $23.58 $49,050
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 120 $26.20 $54,500
Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Division 120 $25.70 $53,470
Rapid City, SD 120 $25.26 $52,550
York-Hanover, PA 120 $25.37 $52,770
Boise City-Nampa, ID 120 $24.67 $51,320
Mayaguez, PR 120 $12.43 $25,860
Cedar Rapids, IA 120 $23.78 $49,470
Salem, OR 120 $30.71 $63,880
Altoona, PA 120 $22.91 $47,650
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 110 $24.74 $51,460
Albany, GA 110 $24.47 $50,900
Norwich-New London, CT-RI 110 $30.98 $64,440
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division 110 $28.48 $59,250
Springfield, IL 110 $25.19 $52,400
Greenville, NC 110 $23.82 $49,550
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 110 $23.36 $48,590
Abilene, TX 110 $21.98 $45,720
Medford, OR 100 $28.98 $60,270
Florence, SC 100 $24.67 $51,310
Johnson City, TN 100 $23.61 $49,100
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 100 $24.79 $51,570
Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce, FL 100 $26.71 $55,560
Atlantic City, NJ 100 $27.90 $58,030
Bismarck, ND 100 $22.17 $46,120
New Bedford, MA 100 $19.90 $41,380
Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastian, PR 100 $11.19 $23,270
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA 90 $18.56 $38,600
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH 90 $21.37 $44,440
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA 90 $23.35 $48,560
Spartanburg, SC 90 $16.83 $35,010
Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division 90 $25.69 $53,420
Utica-Rome, NY 90 $24.87 $51,730
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 90 $24.33 $50,600
Naples-Marco Island, FL 90 $27.02 $56,190
Pueblo, CO 90 $26.41 $54,930
San German-Cabo Rojo, PR 90 $12.33 $25,650
Appleton, WI 90 $26.14 $54,370
Eau Claire, WI 90 $25.26 $52,540
Lima, OH 90 $25.10 $52,200
Chico, CA 90 $36.07 $75,030
Modesto, CA 80 $35.50 $73,830
Punta Gorda, FL 80 $25.58 $53,210
Hattiesburg, MS 80 $21.09 $43,870
Hot Springs, AR 80 $23.62 $49,120
Visalia-Porterville, CA 80 $34.38 $71,510
Morgantown, WV 80 $23.79 $49,480
Lynchburg, VA 80 $23.95 $49,810
Salinas, CA 80 $41.99 $87,330
Wausau, WI 70 $26.53 $55,180
Lewiston-Auburn, ME 70 $23.23 $48,310
Jonesboro, AR 70 $19.34 $40,230
Prescott, AZ 70 $26.95 $56,060
Rome, GA 70 $24.39 $50,730
Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA 70 $25.61 $53,260
Cheyenne, WY 70 $25.67 $53,400
Harrisonburg, VA 70 $26.05 $54,180
Owensboro, KY 70 $23.81 $49,530
Texarkana-Texarkana, TX-AR 70 $22.55 $46,900
Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL 70 $21.41 $44,540
Bangor, ME 70 $24.98 $51,960
Napa, CA 70 $34.47 $71,710
Bend, OR 70 $27.87 $57,960
Laredo, TX 70 $20.69 $43,030
Bowling Green, KY 70 Not available Not available
Elmira, NY 60 $23.27 $48,390
Great Falls, MT 60 $24.84 $51,660
Bloomington, IN 60 $23.06 $47,960
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 60 $21.88 $45,520
Lawrence, KS 60 $26.28 $54,670
Ames, IA 60 $22.76 $47,340
Kokomo, IN 60 $24.54 $51,030
Reading, PA 60 $18.62 $38,730
Farmington, NM 60 $23.53 $48,940
Sherman-Denison, TX 60 $21.33 $44,380
Janesville, WI 60 $26.12 $54,340
Yakima, WA 60 $27.59 $57,390
Salisbury, MD 60 Not available Not available
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 60 $24.50 $50,960
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 60 $22.68 $47,170
Odessa, TX 50 $23.70 $49,300
Billings, MT 50 $26.20 $54,500
Missoula, MT 50 $23.31 $48,480
Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, MA 50 $26.70 $55,530
Elizabethtown, KY 50 $23.00 $47,830
Corvallis, OR 50 $28.33 $58,920
Brunswick, GA 50 $21.51 $44,740
Rochester-Dover, NH-ME 50 $25.40 $52,830
Portsmouth, NH-ME 50 $24.13 $50,180
Anderson, IN 50 $23.30 $48,470
Wenatchee, WA 50 $26.90 $55,940
Olympia, WA 50 $28.66 $59,600
Lawton, OK 50 $24.28 $50,500
San Angelo, TX 50 $22.40 $46,580
Anniston-Oxford, AL 50 $24.42 $50,790
Hanford-Corcoran, CA 50 $26.80 $55,750
Yauco, PR 40 $13.44 $27,940
Redding, CA 40 $35.84 $74,540
Anderson, SC 40 Not available Not available
Longview, TX 40 $23.52 $48,920
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 40 $34.31 $71,360
Lafayette, IN 40 $24.89 $51,770
Goldsboro, NC 40 $25.99 $54,060
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI 40 $28.56 $59,400
Las Cruces, NM 40 $25.60 $53,240
Santa Fe, NM 40 $25.63 $53,320
Guayama, PR 40 $11.09 $23,060
Flagstaff, AZ 40 $24.94 $51,880
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 40 $36.02 $74,920
Morristown, TN 40 $26.00 $54,070
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC 30 $20.56 $42,760
Dubuque, IA 30 $22.42 $46,630
Longview, WA 30 $30.86 $64,190
La Crosse, WI-MN 30 $26.71 $55,560
Cumberland, MD-WV 30 $22.14 $46,050
Rocky Mount, NC 30 $25.10 $52,220
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 30 $30.59 $63,620
College Station-Bryan, TX Not available $22.99 $47,810
State College, PA Not available $19.23 $39,990
San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR Not available $13.90 $28,910
Johnstown, PA Not available $17.65 $36,710
Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL Not available $25.51 $53,070
Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, MA-NH NECTA Division Not available $29.03 $60,380
Victoria, TX Not available $22.58 $46,970
Pocatello, ID Not available $22.88 $47,590
Wichita Falls, TX Not available $22.90 $47,620
Jackson, MI Not available $25.31 $52,640
Racine, WI Not available $25.87 $53,800
Boulder, CO Not available $28.16 $58,570
Peoria, IL Not available $22.86 $47,540
Lebanon, PA Not available $22.53 $46,850
Eugene-Springfield, OR Not available $31.68 $65,900
Pascagoula, MS Not available $22.26 $46,300
Wheeling, WV-OH Not available $23.42 $48,720
Binghamton, NY Not available $27.34 $56,870
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