Histotechnologist salary

Open histotechnologist jobs post a median of $36.25 an hour, with the middle half paying $32.50–$44: about $75,400 a year full time. Measured from 129 jobs at 67 employers that state their pay, read from each employer's own job board.

Median posted /hr

Middle half /hr

A year, full time

estimate, 2,080 hours

BLS median /hr

May 2025

The jobs themselves: Histotechnologist jobs

What histotechnologists are paid

Each bar counts the open jobs posting an hourly rate in its step of pay (a range at its midpoint). The middle half of employers' rates is in the darker color.

Posted hourly rates of 129 open jobs. The chart spans the 2nd to the 98th percentile; the lowest rate posted is $16, the highest $87.09.

Posted on open jobs

$32.50–$44/hr

Middle half of 108 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $36.25. 38% of the 342 open histotechnologist jobs state an hourly rate. 8 more state an "up to" ceiling, a weekly travel rate, a per-visit fee, or a rate far from the rest (a differential read as pay), left out.

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Histotechnologist pay by employer

What each employer posts for histotechnologists, the employers with the most jobs stating pay first. An employer with at least 5 such jobs has a page of its own with every range it posts.

Employer	Median posted	Posted range	Jobs stating pay
UAB Medicine	$30	$21.80–$37.25	8
Northwestern Medicine	$34	$19.75–$45.85	7
Beth Israel Lahey Health	$48	$28.90–$62.32	6
Kaiser Permanente	$46.75	$34.63–$67.95	6
AdventHealth	$34.50	$23.94–$70	4
Mayo Clinic	$30.50	$23.29–$45.87	4
UPMC	$30.25	$19.40–$37.40	4
NewYork-Presbyterian	$57.25	$51.60–$65	3
Baptist Health South Florida	$40.50	$34.76–$47.01	3
Emory Healthcare	$37.50	$33.96–$37.44	3
Mass General Brigham	$35.75	$23.34–$48.84	3
Advocate Health	$34	$24.10–$42.85	3
Lee Health	$31	$27.48–$34.36	3
Washington University in St. Louis	$26.75	$21.33–$39.36	3
Sutter Health	$71.25	$56.43–$87.09	2
Cedars-Sinai	$55.75	$43.73–$67.78	2
Stanford Health Care	$52.25	$49.11–$55.30	2
MultiCare Health System	$43.25	$32.52–$53.76	2
RWJBarnabas Health	$41.25	$34.75–$45.06	2
University of Rochester Medical Center	$39.50	$31.82–$47.72	2
CommonSpirit Health	$37	$30–$48.96	2
UMass Memorial Health	$36.75	$28.20–$46.03	2
Allina Health	$36.50	$30.94–$41.99	2
Endeavor Health	$36.25	$28.47–$43.55	2
Labcorp	$36	$25–$42	2
Saratoga Hospital	$34.50	$26.19–$43.01	2
ECU Health	$31.25	$23.52–$39.68	2
Renown Health	$31.25	$23.28–$41.54	2
Sanford Health	$28.75	$21.50–$38.50	2
UnitedHealth Group	$25.25	$16–$36	2
UCSF Health	$72.50	$64.62–$80.61	1
Montage Health	$67	$57.40–$76.81	1
Hospital for Special Surgery	$64.25	$60.62–$67.90	1
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	$61.50	$47.23–$75.59	1
City of Hope California	$50	$50.09	1
HealthPartners	$48.25	$38.58–$57.88	1
Scripps Health	$47.25	$38.54–$55.88	1
Loma Linda University Health	$45.25	$38.58–$51.89	1
Inova	$45	$34.20–$55.75	1
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center	$44.75	$36.84–$52.47	1

Median of each employer's own jobs (a range at its midpoint), and the lowest and highest rate it posts. Jobs stating pay link to the employer's open jobs.

Histotechnologist pay by state

States where at least 8 open jobs from 3 employers state an hourly rate, highest median first. Each opens the state's own page, with its towns and employers.

State	Median posted	Middle half	BLS median	Jobs
California	$51.25	$45.25–$65.75	$36.54 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	18
New York	$48.75	$35.25–$60.50	$46.77 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	11
Florida	$40	$34.25–$40.50	$29.09 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	8
Massachusetts	$38.50	$34.75–$44	$38.04 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	15
Illinois	$36	$34–$40	$34.59 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	13

Median and middle half of employers' rates in the state. BLS medians are for the occupation's main SOC code in the state (May 2025).

Night shift histotechnologist pay

Where one employer posts both night and other histotechnologist jobs in the same state (6 such employers and states), the night jobs post the same base rate as the rest (the median gap is $0): most employers state their night differential apart from the base pay, so check the posting for it.

Employer, state	Night jobs, median	Other jobs, median
Northwestern Medicine, IL	$40 (1)	$34 (6)
Beth Israel Lahey Health, MA	$54.25 (1)	$47 (5)
Lee Health, FL	$31 (1)	$31 (2)
Cedars-Sinai, CA	$55.75 (1)	$55.75 (1)
MultiCare Health System, WA	$43.25 (1)	$43.25 (1)
Stanford Health Care, CA	$52.25 (1)	$52.25 (1)

A job counts as a night job when its title names nights ("Nights", "NOC", "7p-7a"). Jobs in brackets.

Best-paid open histotechnologist jobs

The open jobs posting the highest hourly rates tonight, at most two from one employer.

Histotechnologist Lead
Sutter Health · San Francisco, CA· 1w ago
$62.21–$87.09/hr
Histotechnologist 1 or 2
UCSF Health · San Francisco, CA· 2mo ago
$64.62–$80.61/hr
Histotechnician, StaffFlex contract
AdventHealth · La Grange, IL· 4d ago
$70.00/hr
Histotechnologist II
Sutter Health · San Francisco, CA· 1w ago
$56.43–$79.00/hr
Certified Histotechnician - Laboratory Services (Per diem)
Montage Health · Monterey, CA· 1mo ago
$57.40–$76.81/hr
Histologic Technician II
Kaiser Permanente · Berkeley, CA· 1w ago
$62.9–$67.95/hr
Per Diem Histology Technologist
NewYork-Presbyterian · NYP/Hudson Valley, NY· 2w ago
$65.00/hr
Histology Technician
Hospital for Special Surgery · New York, NY· 1w ago
$60.62–$67.90/hr
Mohs Histologic Technician I
Kaiser Permanente · Rancho Cordova, CA· 2d ago
$61.03–$65.56/hr
Overnight Histotechnologist or Histotechnician
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY· 2w ago
$47.23–$75.59/hr
Histotechnologist - Surgical Pathology - Full Time - Evenings
NewYork-Presbyterian · New York, NY· 3w ago
$54.20–$60.50/hr
Senior Histologist, Anatomic Pathology - FT - Night
Cedars-Sinai · Los Angeles, CA· 3mo ago
$43.73–$67.78/hr

Every open job: Histotechnologist jobs

What BLS measures

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics surveys what people employed in the occupation earn, at every level of experience. A posting advertises what a new hire is offered, so the two measure different things.

Hourly wages, BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, national. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation	10th pct	25th pct	Median	75th pct	90th pct	Employed
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (29-2010)	$18.71 (source: BLS OEWS, Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians, opens in a new tab)	$22.91 (source: BLS OEWS, Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians, opens in a new tab)	$30.26 (source: BLS OEWS, Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians, opens in a new tab)	$39.16 (source: BLS OEWS, Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians, opens in a new tab)	$48.55 (source: BLS OEWS, Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians, opens in a new tab)	332,940 (source: BLS OEWS, Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians, opens in a new tab)

The posted median ($36.25) is $5.99 above the BLS median ($30.26 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians, opens in a new tab)). Posted ranges run from a new hire's rate to an experienced one's, and their midpoint is counted here.

Histotechnologist salary: common questions

How much does a histotechnologist make an hour?

Open histotechnologist jobs on CareJobs.Now that state an hourly rate post a median of $36.25, with the middle half between $32.50–$44 (129 jobs from 67 employers, each employer's advertised range counted once). Postings advertise a base rate, usually before shift differentials and bonuses. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics measured a median of $30.26/hr ($62,930 a year) for clinical laboratory technologists and technicians in May 2025.

How much does a histotechnologist make a year?

At the posted median of $36.25 an hour, full time (2,080 hours a year) comes to about $75,400, and the middle half to $67,600 to $91,500. That is arithmetic on the hourly rate, not a salary any job states.

Which states pay histotechnologists the most?

By the median hourly rate open jobs post: California ($51.25), New York ($48.75) and Florida ($40). The lowest: Illinois ($36), Massachusetts ($38.50) and Florida ($40). Each state's page breaks its pay down by town and employer.

Which employers pay histotechnologists the most?

Among employers stating a rate on at least 5 open jobs: Beth Israel Lahey Health ($48), Kaiser Permanente ($46.75) and Northwestern Medicine ($34). The employer table lists the 40 employers with the most jobs stating pay.

Do night shift histotechnologists earn more?

Not in the base rate employers post: where one employer posts both night and other histotechnologist jobs in the same state (6 such employers and states), the median gap is $0. Most state their night differential separately in the posting.

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay CareJobs.Now's open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 129 of 342 open histotechnologist jobs (38%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none, "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out, and each employer's advertised range counts once in the median, so no single employer sets it.

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Sources and method

Only pay a job states is used: a plain hourly or yearly figure or range in US dollars, read from the job's own posting. A range counts at its midpoint. In the median and the middle half each employer's advertised range counts once, so an employer posting one range in many towns does not set the figure; an employer's own figures count its jobs one by one. "Up to" ceilings, weekly travel rates and rates under a third or over three times the occupation's median are left out. The yearly estimate is the hourly rate times 2,080 hours (40 a week). A job counts under its occupation and every occupation above it, and under every state it is open in. A page exists while at least 8 jobs from 3 employers state a rate. BLS figures are as published.

CareJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 24, 2026
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025: Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (SOC 29-2010), published May 15, 2026
BLS OEWS May 2025: Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians by state, published May 15, 2026
BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035: Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (Occupational Outlook Handbook), published August 27, 2026

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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Histotechnologist salary. Data as of October 24, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/histotechnologist

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