Occupational employment / Medical and clinical laboratory technicians

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 technicians" are below, ordered by total employment.

Area Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 2,280 $20.67 $43,000
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 7,070 $21.48 $44,670
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 6,270 $18.17 $37,780
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 5,330 $19.26 $40,050
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 4,970 $19.42 $40,400
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division 4,840 $19.22 $39,980
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 4,840 $19.97 $41,530
New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division 4,810 $21.57 $44,870
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division 4,760 $18.15 $37,740
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division 4,250 $19.91 $41,400
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division 4,190 $19.25 $40,040
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 3,310 $16.62 $34,570
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 3,050 $17.42 $36,240
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 2,780 $16.41 $34,130
Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division 2,450 $16.82 $34,990
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 2,280 $16.95 $35,260
Pittsburgh, PA 1,960 $16.83 $35,020
Baltimore-Towson, MD 1,950 $19.78 $41,150
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 1,940 $19.02 $39,550
St. Louis, MO-IL 1,900 $17.14 $35,660
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL 1,880 $18.05 $37,540
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 1,790 $22.32 $46,420
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division 1,690 $19.58 $40,720
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 1,580 $20.67 $43,000
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 1,560 $18.38 $38,240
Kansas City, MO-KS 1,550 $15.52 $32,280
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division 1,500 $18.22 $37,910
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 1,480 $21.07 $43,830
Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 1,460 $19.29 $40,120
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division 1,390 $17.17 $35,710
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 1,380 $16.05 $33,390
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 1,360 $15.90 $33,070
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division 1,340 $18.28 $38,010
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 1,320 $16.92 $35,190
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 1,300 $17.48 $36,360
Tucson, AZ 1,220 $18.84 $39,180
Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 1,180 $19.49 $40,540
Salt Lake City, UT 1,130 $14.48 $30,120
Denver-Aurora, CO 1,080 $16.88 $35,120
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division 1,060 $21.81 $45,370
San Antonio, TX 1,040 $16.81 $34,960
Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division 980 $22.63 $47,080
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 940 $17.43 $36,260
Birmingham-Hoover, AL 930 $14.85 $30,890
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 910 $24.51 $50,980
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 900 $19.47 $40,500
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Division 900 $16.61 $34,560
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 890 $15.91 $33,100
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division 860 $16.05 $33,380
Columbus, OH 840 $18.19 $37,830
Knoxville, TN 830 $15.58 $32,400
Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division 820 $18.85 $39,210
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 790 $18.69 $38,870
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 790 $16.35 $34,010
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 760 $17.17 $35,710
Richmond, VA 750 $17.06 $35,490
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division 730 $23.05 $47,950
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 720 $18.18 $37,820
New Haven, CT 700 $24.81 $51,610
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 690 $17.71 $36,840
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 650 $14.87 $30,940
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 640 $15.22 $31,660
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA 630 $21.99 $45,740
Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division 590 $23.80 $49,500
Greensboro-High Point, NC 580 $18.85 $39,210
Madison, WI 570 $18.92 $39,350
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division 570 $18.62 $38,740
Tulsa, OK 570 $13.26 $27,580
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 560 $19.63 $40,840
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 560 $16.42 $34,150
Columbia, SC 560 $15.50 $32,240
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 550 $16.16 $33,610
Rochester, NY 550 $14.49 $30,130
Winston-Salem, NC 540 $19.03 $39,590
Baton Rouge, LA 530 $15.03 $31,260
Honolulu, HI 520 $19.74 $41,060
Durham, NC 500 $18.20 $37,860
Oklahoma City, OK 500 $16.14 $33,570
Albuquerque, NM 490 $18.15 $37,750
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 490 $18.82 $39,140
Jacksonville, FL 490 $17.22 $35,810
Austin-Round Rock, TX 470 $16.52 $34,370
Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division 470 $22.67 $47,150
Chattanooga, TN-GA 460 $16.59 $34,510
Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 450 $16.54 $34,410
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 440 $13.88 $28,880
Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division 440 $20.30 $42,220
Rockford, IL 430 $17.08 $35,520
Gary, IN Metropolitan Division 420 $21.56 $44,840
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 410 $24.66 $51,300
Worcester, MA-CT 390 $21.32 $44,340
Anchorage, AK 370 $19.11 $39,750
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 370 $18.72 $38,930
Fort Wayne, IN 370 $16.18 $33,650
Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division 360 $18.95 $39,410
Toledo, OH 350 $20.11 $41,830
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 350 $17.46 $36,310
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 350 $16.70 $34,740
Akron, OH 340 $19.16 $39,850
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 340 $15.26 $31,750
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 340 $14.90 $30,990
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 340 $15.93 $33,140
Dayton, OH 340 $18.96 $39,430
Spokane, WA 330 $17.90 $37,240
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 330 $19.46 $40,480
Champaign-Urbana, IL 330 $30.39 $63,210
Jackson, MS 330 $14.51 $30,180
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 320 $17.27 $35,930
Greenville, SC 320 $17.07 $35,510
Lexington-Fayette, KY 320 $16.86 $35,070
El Paso, TX 310 $13.70 $28,500
Columbia, MO 310 $14.15 $29,430
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 290 $20.59 $42,830
Jackson, TN 290 $12.07 $25,110
San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR 270 $9.02 $18,760
Syracuse, NY 270 $18.48 $38,450
Gainesville, GA 270 $15.28 $31,780
Fargo, ND-MN 260 $13.76 $28,620
Wichita, KS 260 $13.41 $27,900
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 250 $18.67 $38,830
Reading, PA 250 $19.66 $40,890
Lancaster, PA 240 $20.11 $41,820
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 240 $17.28 $35,940
Lansing-East Lansing, MI 240 $15.35 $31,930
Bakersfield, CA 240 $15.51 $32,260
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 230 $22.03 $45,820
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 230 $13.97 $29,060
Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division 230 $19.03 $39,590
Raleigh-Cary, NC 230 $16.98 $35,310
Lubbock, TX 230 $15.10 $31,420
Lafayette, LA 230 $17.67 $36,760
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 230 $14.50 $30,150
Springfield, MO 230 $12.95 $26,930
Mobile, AL 230 $12.55 $26,110
Duluth, MN-WI 230 $19.03 $39,590
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 220 $12.34 $25,670
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 220 $19.77 $41,110
Topeka, KS 220 $13.81 $28,720
Asheville, NC 210 $16.33 $33,960
Corpus Christi, TX 210 $13.70 $28,500
Reno-Sparks, NV 210 $16.92 $35,200
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 210 $15.71 $32,680
Bloomington, IN 210 $16.93 $35,210
Charleston, WV 210 $16.02 $33,330
Morgantown, WV 210 $17.40 $36,190
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 200 $16.75 $34,850
Erie, PA 200 $14.46 $30,070
Boise City-Nampa, ID 200 $17.01 $35,370
Spartanburg, SC 200 $18.38 $38,240
York-Hanover, PA 200 $16.64 $34,620
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 200 $19.16 $39,850
Springfield, IL 190 $18.18 $37,810
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 190 $13.68 $28,440
Tyler, TX 190 $14.53 $30,220
Peoria, IL 190 $18.09 $37,620
Sioux Falls, SD 190 $15.01 $31,220
Santa Fe, NM 190 $18.73 $38,960
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 190 $18.33 $38,130
Johnson City, TN 190 $16.21 $33,730
Roanoke, VA 180 $15.32 $31,870
Savannah, GA 180 $13.46 $27,990
Johnstown, PA 180 $14.34 $29,840
Huntsville, AL 180 $13.86 $28,840
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 180 $13.47 $28,020
Flint, MI 180 $15.70 $32,660
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 170 $17.63 $36,680
Evansville, IN-KY 170 $13.92 $28,960
Colorado Springs, CO 170 $14.81 $30,810
Terre Haute, IN 170 $18.76 $39,030
Amarillo, TX 170 $14.72 $30,610
Texarkana-Texarkana, TX-AR 170 $16.30 $33,900
Ogden-Clearfield, UT 160 $16.38 $34,080
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 160 $14.33 $29,810
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 160 $15.17 $31,540
Eugene-Springfield, OR 160 $17.65 $36,710
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 160 $14.13 $29,390
Fayetteville, NC 160 $16.66 $34,650
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division 160 $20.68 $43,010
Columbus, GA-AL 160 $14.22 $29,590
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 150 $15.47 $32,180
Altoona, PA 150 $15.74 $32,740
Lincoln, NE 150 $14.93 $31,050
Wilmington, NC 150 $16.41 $34,140
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 150 $16.18 $33,660
Macon, GA 140 $16.43 $34,170
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 140 $15.59 $32,420
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 130 $16.42 $34,150
Hattiesburg, MS 130 $13.90 $28,920
Monroe, LA 130 $16.47 $34,260
Fresno, CA 130 $19.73 $41,040
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 130 $14.91 $31,010
Canton-Massillon, OH 130 $18.25 $37,970
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 130 $14.22 $29,570
Trenton-Ewing, NJ 130 $22.48 $46,770
Abilene, TX 130 $13.24 $27,550
Cedar Rapids, IA 130 $15.74 $32,740
Lakeland, FL 120 $14.48 $30,120
Tallahassee, FL 120 $14.43 $30,010
Montgomery, AL 120 $13.14 $27,330
Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Division 120 $23.61 $49,120
Olympia, WA 120 $18.11 $37,680
Joplin, MO 120 $12.49 $25,980
Waco, TX 120 $15.40 $32,030
Florence, SC 120 $15.83 $32,920
Lynchburg, VA 120 $16.35 $34,000
Eau Claire, WI 110 $19.51 $40,580
Gainesville, FL 110 $18.64 $38,770
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 110 $18.00 $37,430
Pascagoula, MS 110 $14.72 $30,620
Green Bay, WI 110 $18.47 $38,420
Ann Arbor, MI 110 $15.38 $31,980
Stockton, CA 110 $18.79 $39,080
Greenville, NC 110 $16.97 $35,300
Provo-Orem, UT 110 $14.32 $29,780
Morristown, TN 100 $15.89 $33,040
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 100 $19.67 $40,920
Alexandria, LA 100 $12.76 $26,550
Albany, GA 100 $13.68 $28,450
Redding, CA 100 $16.44 $34,200
Tuscaloosa, AL 100 $13.92 $28,960
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 100 $20.71 $43,080
Norwich-New London, CT-RI 100 $23.26 $48,380
Lake Charles, LA 90 $12.44 $25,880
Framingham, MA NECTA Division 90 $16.97 $35,300
Wichita Falls, TX 90 $14.39 $29,930
St. Cloud, MN 90 $18.86 $39,230
St. Joseph, MO-KS 90 $13.23 $27,510
Barnstable Town, MA 90 $20.42 $42,480
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC 90 $15.18 $31,580
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 90 $14.91 $31,010
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA 90 $16.53 $34,370
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA 80 $14.52 $30,200
Peabody, MA NECTA Division 80 $15.65 $32,550
Atlantic City, NJ 80 $22.37 $46,520
Victoria, TX 80 $15.45 $32,130
Anderson, IN 80 $14.19 $29,520
Salinas, CA 80 $24.14 $50,220
Dalton, GA 80 $16.38 $34,070
Bismarck, ND 80 $15.93 $33,130
Fort Smith, AR-OK 80 $15.38 $31,990
Williamsport, PA 70 $15.24 $31,700
Decatur, AL 70 $14.55 $30,270
Ames, IA 70 $18.53 $38,530
Danbury, CT 70 $18.52 $38,510
Brunswick, GA 70 $13.81 $28,730
Longview, WA 70 $15.80 $32,850
Salem, OR 70 $19.85 $41,300
Cleveland, TN 70 Not available Not available
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH 70 $15.44 $32,120
Grand Junction, CO 60 $21.17 $44,030
Clarksville, TN-KY 60 $18.01 $37,460
Yakima, WA 60 $18.09 $37,620
Rocky Mount, NC 60 $17.11 $35,580
Dothan, AL 60 $14.80 $30,790
Gadsden, AL 60 $12.74 $26,490
Owensboro, KY 60 $16.10 $33,490
Hot Springs, AR 60 $16.62 $34,570
Chico, CA 60 $13.83 $28,760
Utica-Rome, NY 60 $20.10 $41,810
Napa, CA 60 $19.94 $41,470
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 60 $19.34 $40,220
Winchester, VA-WV 60 $17.57 $36,540
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH NECTA Division 60 $19.37 $40,300
Wenatchee, WA 60 $18.98 $39,490
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 50 $19.69 $40,950
Anniston-Oxford, AL 50 $16.85 $35,040
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 50 $20.27 $42,170
Cheyenne, WY 50 $15.59 $32,420
Rome, GA 50 $16.14 $33,560
Wheeling, WV-OH 50 $16.11 $33,510
Janesville, WI 50 $21.40 $44,510
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 50 $18.89 $39,300
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division 50 $19.65 $40,860
Lawton, OK 50 $20.16 $41,930
Sumter, SC 50 $14.90 $30,990
Visalia-Porterville, CA 50 $13.96 $29,030
Las Cruces, NM 50 $13.84 $28,780
Merced, CA 50 $14.01 $29,130
Appleton, WI 50 $18.05 $37,550
Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, MA-NH NECTA Division 50 $18.91 $39,320
San Angelo, TX 50 $16.66 $34,650
Bowling Green, KY 40 $16.73 $34,790
Jonesboro, AR 40 $16.56 $34,450
Flagstaff, AZ 40 $18.38 $38,230
El Centro, CA 40 $13.90 $28,910
Midland, TX 40 $14.05 $29,210
Grand Forks, ND-MN 40 $17.44 $36,280
Wausau, WI 40 $19.96 $41,520
Valdosta, GA 40 $14.16 $29,450
Kokomo, IN 40 $13.98 $29,080
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA 40 $17.45 $36,290
Monroe, MI 40 $15.25 $31,710
Fairbanks, AK 40 $20.90 $43,480
Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce, FL 40 $21.09 $43,860
Lewiston-Auburn, ME 40 $16.81 $34,970
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 30 $17.68 $36,780
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 30 $15.28 $31,790
Waterbury, CT 30 Not available Not available
Idaho Falls, ID 30 $17.62 $36,640
Goldsboro, NC 30 $15.69 $32,640
Rapid City, SD 30 $15.75 $32,760
Cumberland, MD-WV 30 $15.44 $32,110
Great Falls, MT 30 $16.49 $34,290
Jacksonville, NC 30 $19.68 $40,930
Modesto, CA Not available $18.03 $37,490
Binghamton, NY Not available $17.61 $36,630
Ithaca, NY Not available $16.40 $34,110
Rochester-Dover, NH-ME Not available $22.14 $46,050
La Crosse, WI-MN Not available $19.94 $41,480
Portsmouth, NH-ME Not available $15.35 $31,930
Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division Not available $22.49 $46,770
Medford, OR Not available $19.70 $40,980
Bangor, ME Not available $16.75 $34,840
Casper, WY Not available $12.61 $26,230
Lebanon, PA Not available $17.48 $36,360
Elkhart-Goshen, IN Not available $20.06 $41,720
Kankakee-Bradley, IL Not available $14.57 $30,310
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI Not available $16.45 $34,210
Sherman-Denison, TX Not available $15.59 $32,420
Muncie, IN Not available $13.54 $28,170
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA Not available $19.07 $39,660
Athens-Clarke County, GA Not available $12.74 $26,490
Odessa, TX Not available $16.37 $34,050
Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL Not available $16.43 $34,180
College Station-Bryan, TX Not available $15.52 $32,280
Ocala, FL Not available $15.04 $31,270
Naples-Marco Island, FL Not available $21.12 $43,920
Burlington-South Burlington, VT Not available $20.43 $42,490
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