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Medical Laboratory Techs
Career and Education Info
Job Numbers and Growth
Government data shows about 151,000 for medical laboratory techs. The unemployment rate for this occupation is relatively very low.
Part-Time Work and Self-Employment
14% of people working as employees are employed part-time. Medical laboratory techs work for themselves about 1% of the time.
Training and Education
Education requirements for this career usually include an associate degree. Approximately 51% of people working as employees have earned a degree. Among medical laboratory techs about 35% went to college but did not get a degree. Among workers, 14% have a high school diploma, but no college education. 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.
Area Job Conditions
Jobs are relatively more common in Jackson (Tennessee), Morgantown (West Virginia), and Gainesville (Georgia), and less common in Fresno (California), Visalia (California), and Port St. Lucie (Florida).
Average income is highest in Champaign (Illinois), Brockton (Massachusetts), and Salinas (California) and lowest in Joplin (Missouri), Jackson (Tennessee), and Lake Charles (Louisiana).
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Medical Laboratory Techs: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area
The table below shows data for Medical Laboratory Techs, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Medical Laboratory Techs are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Medical Laboratory Techs are starred .
State Area Positions Typical Pay Popularity in Area Alabama Anniston 50 $35,040 1.1 Alabama Birmingham 930 $30,890 1.6 Alabama Decatur 70 $30,270 1.3 Alabama Dothan 60 $30,790 1 Alabama Florence 90 $31,010 1.8 Alabama Gadsden 60 $26,490 1.9 Alabama Huntsville 180 $28,840 0.8 Alabama Mobile 230 $26,110 1.2 Alabama Montgomery 120 $27,330 0.7 Alabama Tuscaloosa 100 $28,960 1.1 Alaska Anchorage 370 $39,750 2.2Alaska Fairbanks 40 $43,480 1.3 Arizona Flagstaff 40 $38,230 0.7 Arizona Kingman 50 $42,170 1 Arizona Phoenix 1,480 $43,830 0.7 Arizona Tucson 1,220 $39,180 3Arkansas Fayetteville 180 $28,020 0.9 Arkansas Fort Smith 80 $31,990 0.7 Arkansas Hot Springs 60 $34,570 1.7 Arkansas Jonesboro 40 $34,450 0.8 Arkansas Little Rock 320 $35,930 0.9 California Bakersfield 240 $32,260 0.8 California Chico 60 $28,760 0.9 California El Centro 40 $28,910 0.8 California Fresno 130 $41,040 0.4 California Merced 50 $29,130 0.9 California Napa 60 $41,470 0.9 California Oakland 730 $47,950 0.6 California Oxnard 200 $39,850 0.6 California Redding 100 $34,200 1.5 California Riverside 560 $40,840 0.4 California Sacramento 900 $40,500 0.9 California Salinas 80 $50,220 0.5 California San Diego 1,580 $43,000 1.1 California San Francisco 1,060 $45,370 1 California San Jose 910 $50,980 0.9 California San Luis Obispo 50 $39,300 0.5 California Santa Ana 1,500 $37,910 0.9 California Santa Barbara 90 $34,370 0.5 California Santa Cruz 100 $40,920 1.1 California Santa Rosa 220 $41,110 1.1 California Stockton 110 $39,080 0.5 California Vallejo 100 $43,080 0.8 California Visalia 50 $29,030 0.4 Colorado Colorado Springs 170 $30,810 0.6 Colorado Denver 1,080 $35,120 0.8 Colorado Fort Collins 230 $30,150 1.8 Colorado Grand Junction 60 $44,030 1.1 Connecticut Bridgeport 410 $51,300 0.9 Connecticut Danbury 70 $38,510 1 Connecticut Hartford 290 $42,830 0.5 Connecticut New Haven 700 $51,610 2.3Connecticut Norwich 100 $48,380 0.8 Connecticut Waterbury 30 0.4 Delaware Wilmington 160 $43,010 0.4 District of Columbia Washington 1,690 $40,720 0.7 Florida Cape Coral 130 $31,010 0.6 Florida Deltona 160 $29,810 1 Florida Fort Lauderdale 940 $36,260 1.2 Florida Gainesville 110 $38,770 0.9 Florida Jacksonville 490 $35,810 0.7 Florida Lakeland 120 $30,120 0.6 Florida Miami 570 $38,740 0.5 Florida Orlando 1,180 $40,540 1 Florida Palm Bay 250 $38,830 1.2 Florida Pensacola 160 $31,540 1 Florida Port St Lucie 40 $43,860 0.3 Florida Sebastian 30 $36,780 0.6 Florida Tallahassee 120 $30,010 0.7 Florida Tampa 1,360 $33,070 1 Florida West Palm Beach 370 $38,930 0.6 Georgia Albany 100 $28,450 1.7 Georgia Atlanta 2,780 $34,130 1.1 Georgia Augusta 350 $34,740 1.6 Georgia Brunswick 70 $28,730 1.7 Georgia Columbus 160 $29,590 1.4 Georgia Dalton 80 $34,070 1 Georgia Gainesville 270 $31,780 3.9Georgia Macon 140 $34,170 1.4 Georgia Rome 50 $33,560 1.5 Georgia Savannah 180 $27,990 1.1 Georgia Valdosta 40 $29,450 0.7 Hawaii Honolulu 520 $41,060 1.1 Idaho Boise 200 $35,370 0.7 Idaho Idaho Falls 30 $36,640 0.7 Illinois Champaign 330 $63,210 3.4Illinois Chicago 4,190 $40,040 1 Illinois Peoria 190 $37,620 1.1 Illinois Rockford 430 $35,520 2.7Illinois Springfield 190 $37,810 1.8 Indiana Anderson 80 $29,520 2.1Indiana Bloomington 210 $35,210 3.1Indiana Evansville 170 $28,960 0.9 Indiana Fort Wayne 370 $33,650 1.6 Indiana Gary 420 $44,840 1.4 Indiana Indianapolis 1,460 $40,120 1.5 Indiana Kokomo 40 $29,080 1.2 Indiana South Bend 170 $36,680 1.2 Indiana Terre Haute 170 $39,030 2.4Iowa Ames 70 $38,530 2 Iowa Cedar Rapids 130 $32,740 0.9 Iowa Davenport 640 $31,660 3.3Iowa Des Moines 190 $38,130 0.5 Iowa Sioux City 30 $31,790 0.4 Iowa Waterloo 130 $34,150 1.5 Kansas Topeka 220 $28,720 1.9 Kansas Wichita 260 $27,900 0.8 Kentucky Bowling Green 40 $34,790 0.7 Kentucky Lexington 320 $35,070 1.2 Kentucky Louisville 450 $34,410 0.7 Kentucky Owensboro 60 $33,490 1.3 Louisiana Alexandria 100 $26,550 1.7 Louisiana Baton Rouge 530 $31,260 1.3 Louisiana Houma 80 $30,200 0.8 Louisiana Lafayette 230 $36,760 1.5 Louisiana Lake Charles 90 $25,880 1 Louisiana Monroe 130 $34,260 1.6 Louisiana New Orleans 650 $30,940 1.2 Louisiana Shreveport 440 $28,880 2.4Maine Lewiston 40 $34,970 0.8 Maine Portland 240 $35,940 1.1 Maryland Baltimore 1,950 $41,150 1.3 Maryland Bethesda 590 $49,500 0.9 Maryland Cumberland 30 $32,110 0.9 Maryland Hagerstown 50 $40,950 0.5 Massachusetts Barnstable Town 90 $42,480 0.9 Massachusetts Boston 4,840 $39,980 2.5Massachusetts Brockton 120 $49,120 1.3 Massachusetts Framingham 90 $35,300 0.5 Massachusetts Haverhill 60 $40,300 0.8 Massachusetts Lawrence 50 $39,320 0.9 Massachusetts Lowell 50 $40,860 0.4 Massachusetts Worcester 390 $44,340 1.5 Michigan Ann Arbor 110 $31,980 0.6 Michigan Detroit 900 $34,560 1.1 Michigan Flint 180 $32,660 1.3 Michigan Grand Rapids 340 $30,990 0.8 Michigan Kalamazoo 150 $32,180 1.1 Michigan Lansing 240 $31,930 1.2 Michigan Monroe 40 $31,710 1.1 Michigan Saginaw 140 $32,420 1.8 Michigan Warren 1,390 $35,710 1.1 Minnesota Duluth 230 $39,590 1.7 Minnesota Minneapolis 1,940 $39,550 1 Minnesota St Cloud 90 $39,230 0.9 Mississippi Gulfport 190 $28,440 1.7 Mississippi Hattiesburg 130 $28,920 2.3Mississippi Jackson 330 $30,180 1.2 Mississippi Pascagoula 110 $30,620 2.4Missouri Columbia 310 $29,430 3.7Missouri Joplin 120 $25,980 1.5 Missouri Kansas City 1,550 $32,280 1.4 Missouri Springfield 230 $26,930 1.1 Missouri St Joseph 90 $27,510 1.9 Missouri St Louis 1,900 $35,660 1.3 Montana Great Falls 30 $34,290 0.9 Nebraska Lincoln 150 $31,050 0.9 Nebraska Omaha 560 $34,150 1.1 Nevada Las Vegas 790 $34,010 0.8 Nevada Reno 210 $35,200 0.9 New Jersey Atlantic City 80 $46,520 0.5 New Jersey Camden 440 $42,220 0.8 New Jersey Edison 820 $39,210 0.7 New Jersey Newark 470 $47,150 0.4 New Jersey Trenton 130 $46,770 0.6 New Mexico Albuquerque 490 $37,750 1.1 New Mexico Las Cruces 50 $28,780 0.8 New Mexico Santa Fe 190 $38,960 3New York Albany 350 $36,310 0.7 New York Buffalo 330 $40,480 0.6 New York Nassau 980 $47,080 0.7 New York New York 4,810 $44,870 0.8 New York Poughkeepsie 230 $45,820 0.9 New York Rochester 550 $30,130 1 New York Syracuse 270 $38,450 0.8 New York Utica 60 $41,810 0.5 North Carolina Asheville 210 $33,960 1.1 North Carolina Charlotte 690 $36,840 0.7 North Carolina Durham 500 $37,860 1.7 North Carolina Fayetteville 160 $34,650 1.3 North Carolina Goldsboro 30 $32,640 0.9 North Carolina Greensboro 580 $39,210 1.4 North Carolina Greenville 110 $35,300 1.5 North Carolina Hickory 210 $32,680 1.2 North Carolina Jacksonville 30 $40,930 0.8 North Carolina Raleigh 230 $35,310 0.4 North Carolina Rocky Mount 60 $35,580 1 North Carolina Wilmington 150 $34,140 1 North Carolina Winston Salem 540 $39,590 2.3North Dakota Bismarck 80 $33,130 1.5 North Dakota Fargo 260 $28,620 2.2North Dakota Grand Forks 40 $36,280 0.9 Ohio Akron 340 $39,850 0.9 Ohio Canton 130 $37,970 0.7 Ohio Cincinnati 890 $33,100 0.8 Ohio Cleveland 1,300 $36,360 1.1 Ohio Columbus 840 $37,830 0.8 Ohio Dayton 340 $39,430 0.8 Ohio Toledo 350 $41,830 1 Ohio Youngstown 150 $33,660 0.6 Oklahoma Lawton 50 $41,930 1.5 Oklahoma Oklahoma City 500 $33,570 0.8 Oklahoma Tulsa 570 $27,580 1.2 Oregon Eugene 160 $36,710 1 Oregon Portland 790 $38,870 0.7 Oregon Salem 70 $41,300 0.4 Pennsylvania Allentown 490 $39,140 1.3 Pennsylvania Altoona 150 $32,740 2.6Pennsylvania Erie 200 $30,070 1.5 Pennsylvania Harrisburg 340 $31,750 1 Pennsylvania Johnstown 180 $29,840 3.3Pennsylvania Lancaster 240 $41,820 0.9 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 4,250 $41,400 2Pennsylvania Pittsburgh 1,960 $35,020 1.5 Pennsylvania Reading 250 $40,890 1.4 Pennsylvania Scranton 550 $33,610 2 Pennsylvania Williamsport 70 $31,700 1.4 Pennsylvania York 200 $34,620 1 Rhode Island Providence 630 $45,740 1 South Carolina Charleston 340 $33,140 1.1 South Carolina Columbia 560 $32,240 1.5 South Carolina Florence 120 $32,920 1.4 South Carolina Greenville 320 $35,510 1 South Carolina Myrtle Beach 90 $31,580 0.7 South Carolina Spartanburg 200 $38,240 1.6 South Carolina Sumter 50 $30,990 1.5 South Dakota Rapid City 30 $32,760 0.5 South Dakota Sioux Falls 190 $31,220 1.3 Tennessee Chattanooga 460 $34,510 1.8 Tennessee Clarksville 60 $37,460 0.8 Tennessee Cleveland 70 2.1Tennessee Jackson 290 $25,110 5.2Tennessee Johnson City 190 $33,730 2.5Tennessee Kingsport 230 $29,060 1.9 Tennessee Knoxville 830 $32,400 2.3Tennessee Memphis 1,380 $33,390 2Tennessee Morristown 100 $33,040 2.2Tennessee Nashville 1,320 $35,190 1.6 Texas Abilene 130 $27,550 2.1Texas Amarillo 170 $30,610 1.7 Texas Austin 470 $34,370 0.6 Texas Beaumont 160 $29,390 1 Texas Brownsville 130 $29,570 1 Texas Corpus Christi 210 $28,500 1.1 Texas Dallas 2,450 $34,990 1 Texas El Paso 310 $28,500 1.1 Texas Fort Worth 860 $33,380 0.9 Texas Houston 3,050 $36,240 1.1 Texas Killeen 200 $34,850 1.6 Texas Lubbock 230 $31,420 1.8 Texas Mcallen 220 $25,670 0.9 Texas Midland 40 $29,210 0.6 Texas San Angelo 50 $34,650 1.3 Texas San Antonio 1,040 $34,960 1.1 Texas Texarkana 170 $33,900 3.2Texas Tyler 190 $30,220 2.1Texas Victoria 80 $32,130 1.8 Texas Waco 120 $32,030 1.2 Texas Wichita Falls 90 $29,930 1.6 Utah Ogden 160 $34,080 0.7 Utah Provo 110 $29,780 0.6 Utah Salt Lake City 1,130 $30,120 1.6 Virginia Blacksburg 40 $36,290 0.7 Virginia Lynchburg 120 $34,000 1.2 Virginia Richmond 750 $35,490 1.1 Virginia Roanoke 180 $31,870 1.1 Virginia Virginia Beach 760 $35,710 0.9 Virginia Winchester 60 $36,540 1.2 Washington Longview 70 $32,850 2.3Washington Olympia 120 $37,680 1.3 Washington Seattle 1,340 $38,010 0.8 Washington Spokane 330 $37,240 1.5 Washington Tacoma 230 $39,590 0.8 Washington Wenatchee 60 $39,490 1.6 Washington Yakima 60 $37,620 0.7 West Virginia Charleston 210 $33,330 1.4 West Virginia Huntington 110 $37,430 0.9 West Virginia Morgantown 210 $36,190 4.7West Virginia Parkersburg 70 $32,120 1 West Virginia Wheeling 50 $33,510 0.8 Wisconsin Appleton 50 $37,550 0.4 Wisconsin Eau Claire 110 $40,580 1.4 Wisconsin Green Bay 110 $38,420 0.6 Wisconsin Janesville 50 $44,510 0.8 Wisconsin Madison 570 $39,350 1.6 Wisconsin Milwaukee 720 $37,820 0.8 Wisconsin Oshkosh 60 $40,220 0.7 Wisconsin Wausau 40 $41,520 0.6 Wyoming Cheyenne 50 $32,420 1.2
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