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Medical Laboratory Techs

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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 .

StateAreaPositionsTypical PayPopularity in Area
AlabamaAnniston50$35,0401.1
AlabamaBirmingham930$30,8901.6
AlabamaDecatur70$30,2701.3
AlabamaDothan60$30,7901
AlabamaFlorence90$31,0101.8
AlabamaGadsden60$26,4901.9
AlabamaHuntsville180$28,8400.8
AlabamaMobile230$26,1101.2
AlabamaMontgomery120$27,3300.7
AlabamaTuscaloosa100$28,9601.1
AlaskaAnchorage370$39,750 2.2
AlaskaFairbanks40$43,4801.3
ArizonaFlagstaff40$38,2300.7
ArizonaKingman50$42,1701
ArizonaPhoenix1,480$43,8300.7
ArizonaTucson1,220$39,180 3
ArkansasFayetteville180$28,0200.9
ArkansasFort Smith80$31,9900.7
ArkansasHot Springs60$34,5701.7
ArkansasJonesboro40$34,4500.8
ArkansasLittle Rock320$35,9300.9
CaliforniaBakersfield240$32,2600.8
CaliforniaChico60$28,7600.9
CaliforniaEl Centro40$28,9100.8
CaliforniaFresno130$41,0400.4
CaliforniaMerced50$29,1300.9
CaliforniaNapa60$41,4700.9
CaliforniaOakland730$47,9500.6
CaliforniaOxnard200$39,8500.6
CaliforniaRedding100$34,2001.5
CaliforniaRiverside560$40,8400.4
CaliforniaSacramento900$40,5000.9
CaliforniaSalinas80$50,2200.5
CaliforniaSan Diego1,580$43,0001.1
CaliforniaSan Francisco1,060$45,3701
CaliforniaSan Jose910$50,9800.9
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo50$39,3000.5
CaliforniaSanta Ana1,500$37,9100.9
CaliforniaSanta Barbara90$34,3700.5
CaliforniaSanta Cruz100$40,9201.1
CaliforniaSanta Rosa220$41,1101.1
CaliforniaStockton110$39,0800.5
CaliforniaVallejo100$43,0800.8
CaliforniaVisalia50$29,0300.4
ColoradoColorado Springs170$30,8100.6
ColoradoDenver1,080$35,1200.8
ColoradoFort Collins230$30,1501.8
ColoradoGrand Junction60$44,0301.1
ConnecticutBridgeport410$51,3000.9
ConnecticutDanbury70$38,5101
ConnecticutHartford290$42,8300.5
ConnecticutNew Haven700$51,610 2.3
ConnecticutNorwich100$48,3800.8
ConnecticutWaterbury30 0.4
DelawareWilmington160$43,0100.4
District of ColumbiaWashington1,690$40,7200.7
FloridaCape Coral130$31,0100.6
FloridaDeltona160$29,8101
FloridaFort Lauderdale940$36,2601.2
FloridaGainesville110$38,7700.9
FloridaJacksonville490$35,8100.7
FloridaLakeland120$30,1200.6
FloridaMiami570$38,7400.5
FloridaOrlando1,180$40,5401
FloridaPalm Bay250$38,8301.2
FloridaPensacola160$31,5401
FloridaPort St Lucie40$43,8600.3
FloridaSebastian30$36,7800.6
FloridaTallahassee120$30,0100.7
FloridaTampa1,360$33,0701
FloridaWest Palm Beach370$38,9300.6
GeorgiaAlbany100$28,4501.7
GeorgiaAtlanta2,780$34,1301.1
GeorgiaAugusta350$34,7401.6
GeorgiaBrunswick70$28,7301.7
GeorgiaColumbus160$29,5901.4
GeorgiaDalton80$34,0701
GeorgiaGainesville270$31,780 3.9
GeorgiaMacon140$34,1701.4
GeorgiaRome50$33,5601.5
GeorgiaSavannah180$27,9901.1
GeorgiaValdosta40$29,4500.7
HawaiiHonolulu520$41,0601.1
IdahoBoise200$35,3700.7
IdahoIdaho Falls30$36,6400.7
IllinoisChampaign330$63,210 3.4
IllinoisChicago4,190$40,0401
IllinoisPeoria190$37,6201.1
IllinoisRockford430$35,520 2.7
IllinoisSpringfield190$37,8101.8
IndianaAnderson80$29,520 2.1
IndianaBloomington210$35,210 3.1
IndianaEvansville170$28,9600.9
IndianaFort Wayne370$33,6501.6
IndianaGary420$44,8401.4
IndianaIndianapolis1,460$40,1201.5
IndianaKokomo40$29,0801.2
IndianaSouth Bend170$36,6801.2
IndianaTerre Haute170$39,030 2.4
IowaAmes70$38,5302
IowaCedar Rapids130$32,7400.9
IowaDavenport640$31,660 3.3
IowaDes Moines190$38,1300.5
IowaSioux City30$31,7900.4
IowaWaterloo130$34,1501.5
KansasTopeka220$28,7201.9
KansasWichita260$27,9000.8
KentuckyBowling Green40$34,7900.7
KentuckyLexington320$35,0701.2
KentuckyLouisville450$34,4100.7
KentuckyOwensboro60$33,4901.3
LouisianaAlexandria100$26,5501.7
LouisianaBaton Rouge530$31,2601.3
LouisianaHouma80$30,2000.8
LouisianaLafayette230$36,7601.5
LouisianaLake Charles90$25,8801
LouisianaMonroe130$34,2601.6
LouisianaNew Orleans650$30,9401.2
LouisianaShreveport440$28,880 2.4
MaineLewiston40$34,9700.8
MainePortland240$35,9401.1
MarylandBaltimore1,950$41,1501.3
MarylandBethesda590$49,5000.9
MarylandCumberland30$32,1100.9
MarylandHagerstown50$40,9500.5
MassachusettsBarnstable Town90$42,4800.9
MassachusettsBoston4,840$39,980 2.5
MassachusettsBrockton120$49,1201.3
MassachusettsFramingham90$35,3000.5
MassachusettsHaverhill60$40,3000.8
MassachusettsLawrence50$39,3200.9
MassachusettsLowell50$40,8600.4
MassachusettsWorcester390$44,3401.5
MichiganAnn Arbor110$31,9800.6
MichiganDetroit900$34,5601.1
MichiganFlint180$32,6601.3
MichiganGrand Rapids340$30,9900.8
MichiganKalamazoo150$32,1801.1
MichiganLansing240$31,9301.2
MichiganMonroe40$31,7101.1
MichiganSaginaw140$32,4201.8
MichiganWarren1,390$35,7101.1
MinnesotaDuluth230$39,5901.7
MinnesotaMinneapolis1,940$39,5501
MinnesotaSt Cloud90$39,2300.9
MississippiGulfport190$28,4401.7
MississippiHattiesburg130$28,920 2.3
MississippiJackson330$30,1801.2
MississippiPascagoula110$30,620 2.4
MissouriColumbia310$29,430 3.7
MissouriJoplin120$25,9801.5
MissouriKansas City1,550$32,2801.4
MissouriSpringfield230$26,9301.1
MissouriSt Joseph90$27,5101.9
MissouriSt Louis1,900$35,6601.3
MontanaGreat Falls30$34,2900.9
NebraskaLincoln150$31,0500.9
NebraskaOmaha560$34,1501.1
NevadaLas Vegas790$34,0100.8
NevadaReno210$35,2000.9
New JerseyAtlantic City80$46,5200.5
New JerseyCamden440$42,2200.8
New JerseyEdison820$39,2100.7
New JerseyNewark470$47,1500.4
New JerseyTrenton130$46,7700.6
New MexicoAlbuquerque490$37,7501.1
New MexicoLas Cruces50$28,7800.8
New MexicoSanta Fe190$38,960 3
New YorkAlbany350$36,3100.7
New YorkBuffalo330$40,4800.6
New YorkNassau980$47,0800.7
New YorkNew York4,810$44,8700.8
New YorkPoughkeepsie230$45,8200.9
New YorkRochester550$30,1301
New YorkSyracuse270$38,4500.8
New YorkUtica60$41,8100.5
North CarolinaAsheville210$33,9601.1
North CarolinaCharlotte690$36,8400.7
North CarolinaDurham500$37,8601.7
North CarolinaFayetteville160$34,6501.3
North CarolinaGoldsboro30$32,6400.9
North CarolinaGreensboro580$39,2101.4
North CarolinaGreenville110$35,3001.5
North CarolinaHickory210$32,6801.2
North CarolinaJacksonville30$40,9300.8
North CarolinaRaleigh230$35,3100.4
North CarolinaRocky Mount60$35,5801
North CarolinaWilmington150$34,1401
North CarolinaWinston Salem540$39,590 2.3
North DakotaBismarck80$33,1301.5
North DakotaFargo260$28,620 2.2
North DakotaGrand Forks40$36,2800.9
OhioAkron340$39,8500.9
OhioCanton130$37,9700.7
OhioCincinnati890$33,1000.8
OhioCleveland1,300$36,3601.1
OhioColumbus840$37,8300.8
OhioDayton340$39,4300.8
OhioToledo350$41,8301
OhioYoungstown150$33,6600.6
OklahomaLawton50$41,9301.5
OklahomaOklahoma City500$33,5700.8
OklahomaTulsa570$27,5801.2
OregonEugene160$36,7101
OregonPortland790$38,8700.7
OregonSalem70$41,3000.4
PennsylvaniaAllentown490$39,1401.3
PennsylvaniaAltoona150$32,740 2.6
PennsylvaniaErie200$30,0701.5
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg340$31,7501
PennsylvaniaJohnstown180$29,840 3.3
PennsylvaniaLancaster240$41,8200.9
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia4,250$41,400 2
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh1,960$35,0201.5
PennsylvaniaReading250$40,8901.4
PennsylvaniaScranton550$33,6102
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport70$31,7001.4
PennsylvaniaYork200$34,6201
Rhode IslandProvidence630$45,7401
South CarolinaCharleston340$33,1401.1
South CarolinaColumbia560$32,2401.5
South CarolinaFlorence120$32,9201.4
South CarolinaGreenville320$35,5101
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach90$31,5800.7
South CarolinaSpartanburg200$38,2401.6
South CarolinaSumter50$30,9901.5
South DakotaRapid City30$32,7600.5
South DakotaSioux Falls190$31,2201.3
TennesseeChattanooga460$34,5101.8
TennesseeClarksville60$37,4600.8
TennesseeCleveland70  2.1
TennesseeJackson290$25,110 5.2
TennesseeJohnson City190$33,730 2.5
TennesseeKingsport230$29,0601.9
TennesseeKnoxville830$32,400 2.3
TennesseeMemphis1,380$33,390 2
TennesseeMorristown100$33,040 2.2
TennesseeNashville1,320$35,1901.6
TexasAbilene130$27,550 2.1
TexasAmarillo170$30,6101.7
TexasAustin470$34,3700.6
TexasBeaumont160$29,3901
TexasBrownsville130$29,5701
TexasCorpus Christi210$28,5001.1
TexasDallas2,450$34,9901
TexasEl Paso310$28,5001.1
TexasFort Worth860$33,3800.9
TexasHouston3,050$36,2401.1
TexasKilleen200$34,8501.6
TexasLubbock230$31,4201.8
TexasMcallen220$25,6700.9
TexasMidland40$29,2100.6
TexasSan Angelo50$34,6501.3
TexasSan Antonio1,040$34,9601.1
TexasTexarkana170$33,900 3.2
TexasTyler190$30,220 2.1
TexasVictoria80$32,1301.8
TexasWaco120$32,0301.2
TexasWichita Falls90$29,9301.6
UtahOgden160$34,0800.7
UtahProvo110$29,7800.6
UtahSalt Lake City1,130$30,1201.6
VirginiaBlacksburg40$36,2900.7
VirginiaLynchburg120$34,0001.2
VirginiaRichmond750$35,4901.1
VirginiaRoanoke180$31,8701.1
VirginiaVirginia Beach760$35,7100.9
VirginiaWinchester60$36,5401.2
WashingtonLongview70$32,850 2.3
WashingtonOlympia120$37,6801.3
WashingtonSeattle1,340$38,0100.8
WashingtonSpokane330$37,2401.5
WashingtonTacoma230$39,5900.8
WashingtonWenatchee60$39,4901.6
WashingtonYakima60$37,6200.7
West VirginiaCharleston210$33,3301.4
West VirginiaHuntington110$37,4300.9
West VirginiaMorgantown210$36,190 4.7
West VirginiaParkersburg70$32,1201
West VirginiaWheeling50$33,5100.8
WisconsinAppleton50$37,5500.4
WisconsinEau Claire110$40,5801.4
WisconsinGreen Bay110$38,4200.6
WisconsinJanesville50$44,5100.8
WisconsinMadison570$39,3501.6
WisconsinMilwaukee720$37,8200.8
WisconsinOshkosh60$40,2200.7
WisconsinWausau40$41,5200.6
WyomingCheyenne50$32,4201.2
 

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