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Laboratory assistant jobs in New Mexico

open laboratory assistant jobs in New Mexico at . BLS measures a median of $22.77 an hour (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians in New Mexico) for clinical laboratory technologists and technicians here.

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Checked 5 Nov 2026, 08:17 UTC

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Where the laboratory assistant jobs are in New Mexico

Towns with the most open jobs in this occupation. A town with a page lists every care job open there, by occupation.

What laboratory assistants earn in New Mexico

The hourly pay open jobs here post, beside what BLS measured people employed in the occupation earned in the state and its metro areas.

Posted on open jobs in New Mexico

Too few open jobs here post an hourly rate for a typical range (it takes eight from three employers).

Measured by BLS in New Mexico, May 2025

$22.77/hr ($47,360 a year) (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians in New Mexico)

Median for clinical laboratory technologists and technicians, against $30.26 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians, national) for the whole US; 2,160 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians in New Mexico) employed in New Mexico.

By metro area

  • Albuquerque, NM$22.71/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Albuquerque, NM) · 1,280 (source: BLS OEWS, Albuquerque, NM) employed
  • Santa Fe, NM$23.63/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Santa Fe, NM) · 180 (source: BLS OEWS, Santa Fe, NM) employed
  • Las Cruces, NM$21.42/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Las Cruces, NM) · 110 (source: BLS OEWS, Las Cruces, NM) employed
  • Farmington, NM$26.54/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Farmington, NM) · 80 (source: BLS OEWS, Farmington, NM) employed

BLS OEWS May 2025 metropolitan area estimates for Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians; areas that cross a state line list every state.

Employers hiring laboratory assistants in New Mexico

What the job takes

A high school diploma; many employers train on the job or hire phlebotomists.

Laboratory assistant jobs in New Mexico: common questions

How much do laboratory assistants make in New Mexico?

Too few open laboratory assistant jobs in New Mexico post an hourly rate for a typical posted range yet. BLS measured a median of $22.77/hr ($47,360 a year) for clinical laboratory technologists and technicians in New Mexico (May 2025), against $30.26 nationally, 51st highest of 52 states and territories.

Where in New Mexico are the most laboratory assistant jobs?

Albuquerque (25), Rio Rancho (6), Santa Fe (5), Silver City (2) and Clovis (1). A job open in several towns counts in each.

Who is hiring laboratory assistants in New Mexico?

By open jobs on this board: TriCore Reference Laboratories (40), Presbyterian Healthcare Services (3) and CHRISTUS Health (1). In all, 5 employers have laboratory assistant jobs open in New Mexico.

What do you need to work as a laboratory assistant in New Mexico?

A high school diploma; many employers train on the job or hire phlebotomists. Where a license is state-issued, it comes from New Mexico's own board, unless a multistate compact covers it.

How current are these jobs?

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Sources and method

A job counts here when one of its locations is in New Mexico, once however many locations there it lists. Its occupation is read from its title. Posted pay is the middle half of the distinct hourly rates jobs here state (a job posted many times at one rate counted once), shown when at least three such rates from three employers stand behind it. BLS figures are as published for the state, never adjusted.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: open jobs in New Mexico, read every night from each employer's own careers site, published 5 Nov 2026
  2. BLS OEWS May 2025: Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (SOC 29-2010), every state, published 15 May 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians, national, published 15 May 2026
  4. BLS OEWS May 2025: Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians by metropolitan area, published 15 May 2026

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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Laboratory assistant jobs in New Mexico. Data as of 5 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/occupations/lab-assistant/new-mexico

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