Medical Lab Techs Salaries, Locations, and Schools
Employment Overview If you add up all the medical lab techs in the country you get a total of about 167,000. There has been a very low unemployment rate for workers. An unfortunate 2% of employees were without jobs in 2006. Flexibility Medical lab techs who work for themselves total about 1%. Government statistics report that 14% of workers are employed part-time. Education A bachelor's degree is often necessary for working in the field. About 51% of medical lab techs have earned a degree. Some college, below a 4-year degree, is sufficient for 35% of workers. Employees with only a high school education represent about 14% of all. Local Outlook Medical lab techs appear most common in Durham (North Carolina), Gainesville (Florida), and New Haven (Connecticut), and least common in Boise (Idaho), Holland (Michigan), and Elkhart (Indiana). Salinas (California), San Jose (California), and Chico (California) offer the highest pay. Valdosta (Georgia), Spartanburg (South Carolina), and Johnstown (Pennsylvania) offer the lowest salaries. Detailed local employment conditions for Medical Lab Techs in metro areas across the US are shown in the table below.
Local Jobs Info for Medical Lab Techs Employment info for Medical Lab Techs, by metropolitan area (for 2006). A Market Strength rating of 1.0 means the city (and surroundings) has an average number of workers in the occupation for to its population. A higher number indicates relatively more workers for the occupation in that location. | State | City and Surroundings | Market Strength | Workers | Median Wage |
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| Alabama | Anniston | 0.98 | 50 | $48,000 | | Alabama | Birmingham | 1.58 | 980 | $49,000 | | Alabama | Dothan | 1.42 | 100 | $50,000 | | Alabama | Huntsville | 0.57 | 130 | $45,000 | | Alabama | Mobile | 1.56 | 320 | $45,000 | | Alabama | Montgomery | 0.98 | 190 | $47,000 | | Alabama | Tuscaloosa | 1.13 | 100 | $45,000 | | Alaska | Anchorage | 0.72 | 130 | $65,000 | | Arizona | Phoenix | 0.85 | 1,970 | $47,000 | | Arizona | Prescott | 1.02 | 70 | $54,000 | | Arizona | Tucson | 0.81 | 360 | $55,000 | | Arkansas | Fayetteville | 0.48 | 110 | $48,000 | | Arkansas | Fort Smith | 1 | 130 | $43,000 | | Arkansas | Hot Springs | 1.36 | 50 | $53,000 | | Arkansas | Jonesboro | 1.19 | 60 | $44,000 | | Arkansas | Little Rock | 1.81 | 710 | $50,000 | | California | Bakersfield | 0.36 | 110 | $64,000 | | California | Chico | 1.02 | 80 | $73,000 | | California | Fresno | 0.85 | 330 | $66,000 | | California | Los Angeles | 0.95 | 4,830 | $69,000 | | California | Modesto | 0.48 | 90 | $67,000 | | California | Oakland | 0.66 | 820 | $69,000 | | California | Oxnard | 0.78 | 280 | $69,000 | | California | Riverside | 0.51 | 810 | $66,000 | | California | Sacramento | 0.59 | 640 | $68,000 | | California | Salinas | 0.63 | 110 | $84,000 | | California | San Diego | 0.5 | 800 | $64,000 | | California | San Francisco | 0.57 | 670 | $70,000 | | California | San Jose | 0.7 | 770 | $81,000 | | California | Santa Ana | 0.74 | 1,380 | $63,000 | | California | Santa Barbara | 0.36 | 70 | $57,000 | | California | Santa Rosa | 0.76 | 170 | $68,000 | | California | Stockton | 1.02 | 250 | $72,000 | | California | Visalia | 0.52 | 80 | $67,000 | | Colorado | Boulder | 1 | 180 | | | Colorado | Denver | 1.09 | 1,640 | $51,000 | | Colorado | Fort Collins | 1.37 | 190 | $53,000 | | Colorado | Pueblo | 1.45 | 80 | $52,000 | | Connecticut | Bridgeport | 0.65 | 340 | $60,000 | | Connecticut | Hartford | 1.07 | 730 | $58,000 | | Connecticut | New Haven | 2.91 | 950 | $59,000 | | Connecticut | Norwich | 0.72 | 100 | $62,000 | | Delaware | Wilmington | 1 | 390 | $54,000 | | District of Columbia | Washington | 0.89 | 2,510 | $53,000 | | Florida | Deltona | 1.15 | 210 | $54,000 | | Florida | Fort Lauderdale | 1.2 | 1,080 | $54,000 | | Florida | Fort Walton Beach | 0.8 | 70 | $46,000 | | Florida | Gainesville | 2.97 | 370 | $52,000 | | Florida | Jacksonville | 0.74 | 540 | $50,000 | | Florida | Lakeland | 0.95 | 220 | $50,000 | | Florida | Miami | 1.12 | 1,350 | $52,000 | | Florida | Ocala | 0.93 | 100 | $48,000 | | Florida | Orlando | 0.95 | 1,220 | $47,000 | | Florida | Palm Bay | 1 | 230 | $49,000 | | Florida | Pensacola | 1.68 | 300 | $49,000 | | Florida | Punta Gorda | 2.16 | 90 | $56,000 | | Florida | Sarasota | 0.72 | 240 | $50,000 | | Florida | Sebastian | 0.99 | 50 | $49,000 | | Florida | Tallahassee | 0.9 | 170 | $50,000 | | Florida | Tampa | 1.17 | 1,780 | $50,000 | | Florida | West Palm Beach | 0.75 | 510 | $50,000 | | Georgia | Albany | 1.73 | 110 | $49,000 | | Georgia | Athens | 1.48 | 120 | $52,000 | | Georgia | Atlanta | 1.07 | 3,130 | $52,000 | | Georgia | Augusta | 1.56 | 370 | $49,000 | | Georgia | Brunswick | 0.97 | 40 | $46,000 | | Georgia | Columbus | 0.96 | 120 | $51,000 | | Georgia | Macon | 1.54 | 170 | $53,000 | | Georgia | Rome | 1.33 | 50 | $54,000 | | Georgia | Savannah | 1.2 | 210 | $48,000 | | Georgia | Valdosta | 2.12 | 110 | $38,000 | | Georgia | Warner Robins | 0.97 | 50 | $52,000 | | Hawaii | Honolulu | 1.3 | 660 | $48,000 | | Idaho | Boise | 0.29 | 90 | $51,000 | | Illinois | Chicago | 0.96 | 4,490 | $50,000 | | Illinois | Springfield | 0.97 | 110 | $50,000 | | Indiana | Elkhart | 0.2 | 30 | $48,000 | | Indiana | Evansville | 1.05 | 210 | $49,000 | | Indiana | Fort Wayne | 1.08 | 270 | $51,000 | | Indiana | Gary | 1.16 | 380 | $49,000 | | Indiana | Indianapolis | 1.27 | 1,350 | $46,000 | | Indiana | Kokomo | 1.51 | 70 | $49,000 | | Indiana | Lafayette | 0.49 | 40 | $55,000 | | Indiana | Muncie | 2.4 | 120 | $49,000 | | Indiana | South Bend | 1.46 | 230 | $47,000 | | Iowa | Ames | 1.79 | 70 | $49,000 | | Iowa | Cedar Rapids | 0.52 | 80 | $48,000 | | Iowa | Davenport | 0.72 | 150 | $43,000 | | Iowa | Des Moines | 0.71 | 270 | $51,000 | | Iowa | Iowa City | 1.61 | 120 | $50,000 | | Iowa | Sioux City | 0.92 | 70 | $44,000 | | Iowa | Waterloo | 1.23 | 110 | $49,000 | | Kansas | Lawrence | 1.56 | 70 | $48,000 | | Kansas | Wichita | 0.87 | 310 | $50,000 | | Kentucky | Bowling Green | 1.36 | 80 | $51,000 | | Kentucky | Elizabethtown | 1.34 | 60 | $46,000 | | Kentucky | Lexington | 1.51 | 430 | $50,000 | | Kentucky | Louisville | 1.3 | 950 | $50,000 | | Louisiana | Alexandria | 2.42 | 150 | $46,000 | | Louisiana | Baton Rouge | 1.46 | 620 | $41,000 | | Louisiana | Houma | 0.87 | 90 | $45,000 | | Louisiana | Lafayette | 1.48 | 230 | $39,000 | | Louisiana | Lake Charles | 1.35 | 130 | $46,000 | | Louisiana | Monroe | 1.91 | 160 | $46,000 | | Louisiana | New Orleans | 1.68 | 1,000 | $43,000 | | Louisiana | Shreveport | 2.33 | 450 | $44,000 | | Maine | Lewiston | 1.37 | 70 | $46,000 | | Maine | Portland | 1.32 | 300 | $49,000 | | Maryland | Baltimore | 1.31 | 2,040 | $57,000 | | Maryland | Bethesda | 1.13 | 760 | $65,000 | | Maryland | Salisbury | 1.29 | 70 | $65,000 | | Massachusetts | Boston | 2.57 | 5,300 | $53,000 | | Massachusetts | Framingham | 1.05 | 190 | $54,000 | | Massachusetts | Lawrence | 1.59 | 100 | $54,000 | | Massachusetts | Leominster | 0.95 | 50 | $54,000 | | Massachusetts | Lowell | 1.05 | 140 | $54,000 | | Massachusetts | Springfield | 1.38 | 490 | $51,000 | | Massachusetts | Worcester | 1.7 | 500 | $56,000 | | Michigan | Ann Arbor | 2.64 | 520 | $52,000 | | Michigan | Detroit | 1.3 | 1,160 | $54,000 | | Michigan | Flint | 1.35 | 220 | $60,000 | | Michigan | Grand Rapids | 0.37 | 170 | $53,000 | | Michigan | Holland | 0.25 | 30 | $45,000 | | Michigan | Kalamazoo | 1.12 | 180 | $51,000 | | Michigan | Saginaw | 1.34 | 120 | $53,000 | | Michigan | Warren | 0.88 | 1,250 | $53,000 | | Minnesota | Duluth | 0.9 | 130 | $55,000 | | Minnesota | Minneapolis | 0.69 | 1,520 | $54,000 | | Minnesota | St Cloud | 1.28 | 140 | $55,000 | | Mississippi | Gulfport | 1.11 | 130 | $49,000 | | Mississippi | Hattiesburg | 1.95 | 120 | $43,000 | | Mississippi | Jackson | 1.59 | 470 | $54,000 | | Mississippi | Pascagoula | 1.56 | 70 | $46,000 | | Missouri | Columbia | 2.14 | 190 | $52,000 | | Missouri | Joplin | 1.53 | 130 | $46,000 | | Missouri | Kansas City | 1.36 | 1,670 | $59,000 | | Missouri | Springfield | 1.34 | 300 | $45,000 | | Missouri | St Louis | 1.13 | 1,850 | $51,000 | | Montana | Billings | 0.68 | 60 | $52,000 | | Montana | Great Falls | 1.73 | 60 | | | Montana | Missoula | 0.89 | 50 | $46,000 | | Nebraska | Lincoln | 1.11 | 200 | $48,000 | | Nebraska | Omaha | 2.01 | 1,090 | $44,000 | | Nevada | Las Vegas | 0.55 | 620 | $62,000 | | Nevada | Reno | 0.95 | 240 | $66,000 | | New Hampshire | Manchester | 0.72 | 80 | $54,000 | | New Hampshire | Nashua | 0.51 | 80 | $53,000 | | New Hampshire | Rochester | 1.21 | 70 | $49,000 | | New Jersey | Atlantic City | 0.63 | 100 | $58,000 | | New Jersey | Camden | 0.67 | 430 | $58,000 | | New Jersey | Edison | 1.02 | 1,260 | $59,000 | | New Jersey | Newark | 0.93 | 1,130 | $61,000 | | New Jersey | Trenton | 0.87 | 220 | $60,000 | | New Mexico | Albuquerque | 1.85 | 850 | $42,000 | | New Mexico | Farmington | 1.11 | 60 | $49,000 | | New Mexico | Las Cruces | 1.27 | 80 | $44,000 | | New York | Albany | 1.1 | 570 | $51,000 | | New York | Buffalo | 0.52 | 330 | $49,000 | | New York | Kingston | 0.63 | 40 | $55,000 | | New York | Nassau | 0.98 | 1,470 | $62,000 | | New York | New York | 1.09 | 6,670 | $58,000 | | New York | Poughkeepsie | 0.75 | 210 | $60,000 | | New York | Rochester | 1.37 | 820 | $47,000 | | New York | Syracuse | 0.81 | 290 | $48,000 | | New York | Utica | 1.26 | 180 | $51,000 | | North Carolina | Asheville | 0.98 | 200 | $48,000 | | North Carolina | Charlotte | 0.51 | 540 | $53,000 | | North Carolina | Durham | 5.56 | 1,720 | $46,000 | | North Carolina | Fayetteville | 1.72 | 230 | $44,000 | | North Carolina | Goldsboro | 0.73 | 30 | $53,000 | | North Carolina | Greensboro | 0.38 | 170 | $47,000 | | North Carolina | Greenville | 2.12 | 160 | $44,000 | | North Carolina | Hickory | 0.57 | 110 | $50,000 | | North Carolina | Raleigh | 0.8 | 480 | $46,000 | | North Carolina | Wilmington | 0.68 | 110 | $50,000 | | North Carolina | Winston Salem | 1.23 | 310 | $45,000 | | North Dakota | Fargo | 1.32 | 170 | $47,000 | | Ohio | Akron | 0.83 | 330 | $49,000 | | Ohio | Canton | 0.97 | 190 | $48,000 | | Ohio | Cincinnati | 1 | 1,240 | $49,000 | | Ohio | Cleveland | 1.34 | 1,730 | $50,000 | | Ohio | Columbus | 1.06 | 1,180 | $48,000 | | Ohio | Dayton | 1.05 | 490 | $50,000 | | Ohio | Lima | 1.75 | 100 | $50,000 | | Ohio | Toledo | 1.41 | 540 | $53,000 | | Ohio | Youngstown | 1 | 280 | $51,000 | | Oklahoma | Lawton | 1.09 | 40 | $49,000 | | Oklahoma | Oklahoma City | 0.77 | 520 | $47,000 | | Oklahoma | Tulsa | 0.79 | 400 | $47,000 | | Oregon | Eugene | 0.82 | 140 | $56,000 | | Oregon | Portland | 0.87 | 1,090 | $56,000 | | Oregon | Salem | 0.83 | 140 | $60,000 | | Pennsylvania | Allentown | 1.09 | 430 | $48,000 | | Pennsylvania | Altoona | 1.84 | 120 | $45,000 | | Pennsylvania | Erie | 1.43 | 210 | $43,000 | | Pennsylvania | Johnstown | 2.11 | 130 | $36,000 | | Pennsylvania | Lancaster | 0.92 | 250 | $48,000 | | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | 1.28 | 2,890 | $54,000 | | Pennsylvania | Pittsburgh | 1.48 | 2,040 | $47,000 | | Pennsylvania | Reading | 0.53 | 100 | $42,000 | | Pennsylvania | Scranton | 1.87 | 570 | $44,000 | | Pennsylvania | York | 0.53 | 110 | $50,000 | | Rhode Island | Providence | 0.86 | 600 | $57,000 | | South Carolina | Anderson | 0.64 | 40 | | | South Carolina | Charleston | 1.5 | 510 | $47,000 | | South Carolina | Columbia | 1.47 | 600 | $48,000 | | South Carolina | Florence | 0.94 | 90 | $47,000 | | South Carolina | Greenville | 0.64 | 230 | $50,000 | | South Carolina | Myrtle Beach | 0.37 | 50 | $43,000 | | South Carolina | Spartanburg | 0.72 | 100 | $34,000 | | South Dakota | Rapid City | 1.68 | 110 | $48,000 | | South Dakota | Sioux Falls | 2.35 | 360 | $47,000 | | Tennessee | Chattanooga | 1.23 | 320 | $54,000 | | Tennessee | Clarksville | 0.6 | 50 | $45,000 | | Tennessee | Cleveland | 1.04 | 40 | $44,000 | | Tennessee | Jackson | 1.05 | 60 | $51,000 | | Tennessee | Johnson City | 1.45 | 120 | $44,000 | | Tennessee | Kingsport | 0.87 | 110 | $46,000 | | Tennessee | Knoxville | 1.79 | 700 | $49,000 | | Tennessee | Memphis | 1.31 | 990 | $53,000 | | Tennessee | Nashville | 1.03 | 950 | $54,000 | | Texas | Abilene | 1.56 | 100 | $44,000 | | Texas | Amarillo | 1.27 | 140 | $44,000 | | Texas | Austin | 0.65 | 580 | $47,000 | | Texas | Beaumont | 0.84 | 150 | $48,000 | | Texas | Brownsville | 0.88 | 120 | $46,000 | | Texas | Corpus Christi | 0.91 | 180 | $47,000 | | Texas | Dallas | 1.02 | 2,540 | $50,000 | | Texas | El Paso | 0.96 | 290 | $49,000 | | Texas | Fort Worth | 0.74 | 740 | $50,000 | | Texas | Houston | 1.19 | 3,610 | $51,000 | | Texas | Killeen | 1.79 | 230 | $49,000 | | Texas | Laredo | 0.69 | 60 | $43,000 | | Texas | Longview | 0.3 | 30 | $48,000 | | Texas | Lubbock | 2.01 | 260 | $44,000 | | Texas | Mcallen | 0.54 | 130 | $47,000 | | Texas | Odessa | 1.05 | 60 | $45,000 | | Texas | San Angelo | 1.26 | 50 | $46,000 | | Texas | San Antonio | 1.05 | 1,030 | $49,000 | | Texas | Sherman | 0.98 | 40 | $46,000 | | Texas | Texarkana | 1.34 | 70 | $46,000 | | Texas | Tyler | 2 | 200 | $46,000 | | Texas | Waco | 0.65 | 70 | $45,000 | | Texas | Wichita Falls | 1.53 | 90 | $48,000 | | Utah | Logan | 1.15 | 50 | $85,000 | | Utah | Ogden | 0.68 | 150 | $52,000 | | Utah | Provo | 0.67 | 130 | $51,000 | | Utah | Salt Lake City | 1.56 | 1,140 | $49,000 | | Virginia | Blacksburg | 0.85 | 50 | $37,000 | | Virginia | Harrisonburg | 0.7 | 40 | $49,000 | | Virginia | Lynchburg | 0.53 | 60 | $47,000 | | Virginia | Richmond | 1.1 | 800 | $48,000 | | Virginia | Roanoke | 1.43 | 260 | $46,000 | | Virginia | Virginia Beach | 1.42 | 1,290 | $47,000 | | Washington | Kennewick | 0.74 | 70 | $55,000 | | Washington | Longview | 1.18 | 40 | $62,000 | | Washington | Seattle | 1 | 1,720 | $58,000 | | Washington | Spokane | 1.2 | 290 | $61,000 | | Washington | Tacoma | 1.2 | 380 | $62,000 | | Washington | Wenatchee | 1.68 | 70 | $53,000 | | Washington | Yakima | 0.91 | 80 | $56,000 | | West Virginia | Charleston | 1.51 | 250 | $46,000 | | West Virginia | Huntington | 0.94 | 120 | $51,000 | | West Virginia | Parkersburg | 1.21 | 90 | $45,000 | | West Virginia | Wheeling | 0.86 | 60 | $46,000 | | Wisconsin | Appleton | 0.54 | 70 | $52,000 | | Wisconsin | Eau Claire | 0.98 | 80 | $53,000 | | Wisconsin | Green Bay | 1 | 190 | $52,000 | | Wisconsin | Janesville | 0.84 | 60 | $53,000 | | Wisconsin | La Crosse | 0.52 | 40 | $55,000 | | Wisconsin | Madison | 1.03 | 400 | $48,000 | | Wisconsin | Milwaukee | 1.33 | 1,380 | $53,000 | | Wisconsin | Oshkosh | 1.1 | 100 | $50,000 | | Wisconsin | Sheboygan | 0.66 | 40 | | | Wisconsin | Wausau | 0.96 | 70 | $54,000 | | Wyoming | Cheyenne | 1.73 | 70 | $51,000 |
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