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Laboratory assistant pay at Quest Diagnostics

Quest Diagnostics posts $17.20–$28.94 an hour for laboratory assistants, a median of $25.75 across 9 open jobs that state their pay, $2.50 above the $23.25 other employers post. Read from Quest Diagnostics's own job board.

$25.75
Median posted /hr
$17–$29
Lowest to highest /hr
$53,600
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$23.25
Other employers' median

The jobs themselves: Quest Diagnostics jobs · Laboratory assistant pay nationwide · About Quest Diagnostics

What laboratory assistants are paid at Quest Diagnostics

Each bar counts the open jobs posting an hourly rate in its step of pay (a range at its midpoint).

Posted hourly rates of 9 open jobs at Quest Diagnostics. Lowest posted $17.20, highest $28.94.

Posted on open jobs at Quest Diagnostics

$21.25–$25.75/hr

Middle half of the employer's 9 jobs stating pay, median $25.75. 26% of the 35 open laboratory assistant jobs at Quest Diagnostics state an hourly rate.

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Every range Quest Diagnostics posts

Each distinct hourly range on its open jobs, with how many jobs post it. Pay differs by unit, shift and experience.

Quest Diagnostics laboratory assistant pay by state

StateMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
California$25.75$22.48–$28.945
Maine$21.25$20.34–$22.311
New Jersey$20.25$17.20–$23.091
Texas$23$18.39–$27.581
Virginia$20.75$17.20–$24.361

A state's name opens what every employer posts for laboratory assistants there, when enough do.

Against other employers

Quest Diagnostics's own jobs beside every other employer's rates for laboratory assistants (each of their advertised ranges once).

Quest Diagnostics

$25.75/hr median

Middle half $21.25–$25.75, from 9 jobs stating pay.

101 other employers

$23.25/hr median

Middle half $21.50–$26.25, from 316 jobs stating pay.

Best-paid open laboratory assistant jobs at Quest Diagnostics

Its open jobs posting the highest hourly rates tonight.

Laboratory assistant pay at Quest Diagnostics: common questions

How much does Quest Diagnostics pay laboratory assistants?

Quest Diagnostics's open laboratory assistant jobs post $17.20–$28.94 an hour, a median of $25.75 over 9 jobs that state pay (each job counted once). Full time that is about $53,600 a year. Postings state a base rate, usually before shift differentials and bonuses.

Does Quest Diagnostics pay laboratory assistants more than other employers?

Its posted median ($25.75) is $2.50 above the median of 101 other employers' rates for laboratory assistants ($23.25, middle half $21.50–$26.25). Pay differs by state, so compare within a state where the state table allows.

Where does Quest Diagnostics pay laboratory assistants the most?

By the median of its jobs in each state: California ($25.75, 5 jobs), Texas ($23, 1 jobs) and Maine ($21.25, 1 jobs).

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 9 of 35 open laboratory assistant jobs at Quest Diagnostics (26%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none; "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out.

Other pay at Quest Diagnostics

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Sources and method

Only pay a job states is used, a range at its midpoint, every job of the employer counted once. The other employers' figures count each of their advertised ranges once. "Up to" ceilings, weekly travel rates and rates far from the occupation's median are left out. An employer has a page while it states a rate on at least 5 open jobs in the occupation. The yearly estimate is the hourly rate times 2,080 hours.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 24, 2026

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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Laboratory assistant pay at Quest Diagnostics. Data as of October 24, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/lab-assistant/quest-diagnostics

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