Medical Laboratory Technologist Schools, Salaries, and Job Data

Job Numbers and Growth

Government estimates of jobs for medical laboratory technologists total about 167,000. This career is ranked very low for jobless rates in comparison to other careers. The unemployment rate for employees was about 2% in 2008.

Area Job Conditions

Relative to population, you will find the most medical laboratory technologists in Burlington (North Carolina), Durham (North Carolina), and Gainesville (Florida), and the least in Reading (Pennsylvania), Santa Cruz (California), and Myrtle Beach (South Carolina).

Statistics show that you can earn the most in this career in Salinas (California), San Jose (California), and Santa Barbara (California), and will have the lowest earnings in New Bedford (Massachusetts), Reading (Pennsylvania), and Spartanburg (South Carolina).

Training and Education

People often have a bachelor's degree before landing a job in this field. Four year degrees are held by 51% of medical laboratory technologists. About 35% of workers started college but did not get a 4 year degree. A high school education is the highest level achieved by 14% of employees. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which if any could help you with this career.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Part-time workers represent 14% of all medical laboratory technologists. Workers working on their own represent 1% of the total.

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Medical Laboratory Technologists Around the Country

In the list below, each metro area is rated for the relative popularity of medical laboratory technologists compared to other locations (that is, jobs per population). Single or double up or down arrows indicate the relative popularity in that location. Within each state listing, metro areas are sorted by the actual number of jobs for medical laboratory technologists.

Alabama

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Birmingham	$48,000	990
Mobile	$48,000	290
Montgomery	$46,000	170
Huntsville	$50,000	130
Dothan	$49,000	120
Anniston	$51,000	50

Alaska

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Anchorage	$62,000	180

Arizona

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Phoenix	$47,000	2,460
Tucson	$53,000	330
Prescott	$56,000	70
Kingman	$46,000	60
Flagstaff	$52,000	40

Arkansas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Little Rock	$52,000	770
Fort Smith	$44,000	150
Fayetteville	$49,000	110
Hot Springs	$49,000	80
Jonesboro	$40,000	70

California

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Santa Ana	$64,000	1,190
San Jose	$83,000	920
Oakland	$75,000	820
San Diego	$67,000	710
Riverside	$69,000	700
San Francisco	$70,000	700
Sacramento	$59,000	640
Fresno	$68,000	210
Santa Rosa	$72,000	200
Vallejo	$72,000	170
Bakersfield	$66,000	140
Stockton	$70,000	140
Oxnard	$71,000	130
Santa Barbara	$77,000	120
Chico	$75,000	90
Modesto	$74,000	80
Salinas	$87,000	80
Visalia	$72,000	80
Napa	$72,000	70
Hanford	$56,000	50
Redding	$75,000	40
San Luis Obispo	$75,000	40
Santa Cruz	$64,000	30

Colorado

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Denver	$54,000	1,780
Colorado Springs	$53,000	320
Fort Collins	$56,000	170
Pueblo	$55,000	90

Connecticut

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
New Haven	$60,000	980
Hartford	$60,000	700
Bridgeport	$64,000	370
Norwich	$64,000	110

Delaware

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Wilmington	$56,000	350

District of Columbia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Washington	$57,000	2,610

Florida

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Tampa	$52,000	1,880
Miami	$55,000	1,300
Orlando	$49,000	1,240
Fort Lauderdale	$55,000	1,130
Jacksonville	$52,000	710
West Palm Beach	$53,000	530
Gainesville	$53,000	410
Pensacola	$49,000	250
Lakeland	$55,000	250
Palm Bay	$53,000	240
Deltona	$54,000	190
Tallahassee	$51,000	130
Ocala	$49,000	120
Port St Lucie	$56,000	100
Naples	$56,000	90
Punta Gorda	$53,000	80
Fort Walton Beach	$45,000	70
Sebastian	$51,000	60

Georgia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Atlanta	$54,000	3,090
Augusta	$44,000	490
Athens	$43,000	210
Savannah	$49,000	190
Macon	$53,000	170
Columbus	$52,000	140
Valdosta	$40,000	130
Albany	$51,000	110
Rome	$51,000	70
Brunswick	$45,000	50

Hawaii

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Honolulu	$60,000	500

Idaho

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Boise	$51,000	120

Illinois

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Chicago	$51,000	3,850
Springfield	$52,000	110

Indiana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Indianapolis	$47,000	1,410
Gary	$46,000	290
Fort Wayne	$56,000	280
South Bend	$46,000	270
Bloomington	$48,000	60
Kokomo	$51,000	60
Anderson	$48,000	50
Lafayette	$52,000	40

Iowa

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Des Moines	$52,000	290
Davenport	$44,000	210
Cedar Rapids	$49,000	120
Waterloo	$51,000	90
Sioux City	$47,000	60
Ames	$47,000	60
Dubuque	$47,000	30

Kansas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Wichita	$52,000	310
Topeka	$56,000	160
Lawrence	$55,000	60

Kentucky

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Louisville	$52,000	800
Lexington	$50,000	570
Bowling Green		70
Owensboro	$50,000	70
Elizabethtown	$48,000	50

Louisiana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
New Orleans	$43,000	830
Shreveport	$45,000	540
Baton Rouge	$48,000	390
Lafayette	$42,000	200
Alexandria	$49,000	150
Lake Charles	$51,000	130
Monroe	$48,000	130
Houma	$49,000	90

Maine

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Portland	$51,000	380
Lewiston	$48,000	70
Bangor	$52,000	70

Maryland

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Baltimore	$60,000	2,260
Bethesda	$65,000	780
Salisbury		60
Cumberland	$46,000	30

Massachusetts

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Boston	$55,000	5,490
Worcester	$59,000	550
Springfield	$58,000	350
Framingham	$54,000	170
Brockton	$53,000	120
Lowell	$59,000	110
New Bedford	$41,000	100
Leominster	$56,000	50

Michigan

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Warren	$54,000	1,540
Detroit	$55,000	1,180
Ann Arbor	$52,000	440
Grand Rapids	$54,000	280
Lansing	$55,000	260
Flint	$61,000	200
Kalamazoo	$53,000	200
Saginaw	$53,000	190
Muskegon	$59,000	40

Minnesota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Minneapolis	$58,000	1,850
St Cloud	$58,000	150
Duluth	$58,000	150

Mississippi

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Jackson	$53,000	600
Gulfport	$51,000	130
Hattiesburg	$44,000	80

Missouri

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
St Louis	$53,000	1,930
Kansas City	$53,000	1,540
Springfield		300
Columbia	$52,000	250
Joplin	$46,000	140

Montana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Great Falls	$52,000	60
Missoula	$48,000	50
Billings	$55,000	50

Nebraska

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Omaha	$45,000	1,090
Lincoln		210

Nevada

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Las Vegas	$67,000	620
Reno	$65,000	210

New Hampshire

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Nashua	$53,000	90
Rochester	$53,000	50
Portsmouth	$50,000	50

New Jersey

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Edison	$58,000	1,230
Newark	$62,000	1,060
Camden	$59,000	420
Trenton	$61,000	210
Atlantic City	$58,000	100

New Mexico

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Albuquerque	$42,000	710
Farmington	$49,000	60
Santa Fe	$53,000	40
Las Cruces	$53,000	40

New York

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
New York	$61,000	6,920
Nassau	$65,000	1,450
Rochester	$48,000	960
Albany	$51,000	650
Syracuse	$51,000	380
Buffalo	$50,000	330
Poughkeepsie	$62,000	210
Utica	$52,000	90
Elmira	$48,000	60

North Carolina

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Durham	$48,000	1,730
Charlotte	$54,000	570
Raleigh	$51,000	520
Burlington	$43,000	410
Winston Salem	$47,000	300
Greensboro	$50,000	210
Asheville	$49,000	190
Fayetteville	$49,000	160
Wilmington	$53,000	130
Greenville	$50,000	110
Hickory	$51,000	110
Goldsboro	$54,000	40
Rocky Mount	$52,000	30

North Dakota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Fargo	$48,000	240
Bismarck	$46,000	100

Ohio

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Cleveland	$51,000	1,640
Cincinnati	$49,000	1,210
Columbus	$51,000	1,070
Dayton	$54,000	440
Akron	$51,000	370
Toledo	$53,000	300
Youngstown	$51,000	240
Canton	$49,000	190
Lima	$52,000	90

Oklahoma

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Oklahoma City	$50,000	690
Tulsa	$42,000	540
Lawton	$51,000	50

Oregon

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Portland	$58,000	1,160
Salem	$64,000	120
Medford	$60,000	100
Bend	$58,000	70
Corvallis	$59,000	50

Pennsylvania

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Philadelphia	$56,000	2,960
Pittsburgh	$48,000	2,280
Scranton	$46,000	630
Harrisburg	$49,000	490
Allentown	$50,000	370
Lancaster	$50,000	250
York	$53,000	120
Altoona	$48,000	120
Reading	$39,000	60

Rhode Island

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Providence	$61,000	700

South Carolina

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Columbia	$49,000	630
Charleston	$52,000	540
Greenville	$51,000	230
Florence	$51,000	100
Spartanburg	$35,000	90
Anderson		40
Myrtle Beach	$43,000	30

South Dakota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Sioux Falls	$48,000	370
Rapid City	$53,000	120

Tennessee

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Nashville	$58,000	1,000
Memphis	$56,000	890
Knoxville	$49,000	640
Chattanooga	$55,000	330
Kingsport	$46,000	170
Johnson City	$49,000	100
Morristown	$54,000	40

Texas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Houston	$52,000	3,510
Dallas	$52,000	2,780
San Antonio	$50,000	1,210
Fort Worth	$50,000	830
Austin	$44,000	690
El Paso	$47,000	300
Lubbock	$47,000	260
Killeen	$50,000	240
Tyler	$48,000	210
Corpus Christi	$48,000	200
Mcallen	$48,000	190
Beaumont	$49,000	160
Brownsville	$49,000	150
Amarillo	$47,000	140
Abilene	$46,000	110
Laredo	$43,000	70
Texarkana	$47,000	70
Sherman	$44,000	60
Odessa	$49,000	50
San Angelo	$47,000	50
Longview	$49,000	40

Utah

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Salt Lake City	$50,000	1,270
Ogden	$53,000	150
Provo	$53,000	130

Vermont

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Burlington	$55,000	190

Virginia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Virginia Beach	$50,000	1,000
Richmond	$49,000	820
Roanoke	$50,000	410
Blacksburg	$39,000	90
Lynchburg	$50,000	80
Harrisonburg	$54,000	70

Washington

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Seattle	$62,000	1,510
Tacoma	$60,000	430
Spokane	$59,000	330
Mount Vernon	$55,000	120
Kennewick	$53,000	70
Yakima	$57,000	60
Olympia	$60,000	50
Wenatchee	$56,000	50
Bremerton	$71,000	40
Longview	$64,000	30

West Virginia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Charleston	$48,000	260
Huntington	$52,000	150
Parkersburg	$44,000	90
Morgantown	$49,000	80

Wisconsin

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Milwaukee	$54,000	1,390
Madison	$50,000	510
Green Bay	$54,000	180
Oshkosh	$52,000	100
Eau Claire	$53,000	90
Appleton	$54,000	90
Wausau	$55,000	70
Janesville	$54,000	60
La Crosse	$56,000	30

Wyoming

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Cheyenne	$53,000	70

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