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Medical laboratory technician salary

Open medical laboratory technician jobs post a median of $32.50 an hour, with the middle half paying $28.50–$37.50: about $67,600 a year full time. Measured from 203 jobs at 96 employers that state their pay, read from each employer's own job board.

$32.50
Median posted /hr
$29–$38
Middle half /hr
$67,600
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$30.26
BLS median /hr
May 2025

The jobs themselves: Medical laboratory technician jobs

What medical laboratory technicians 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 203 open jobs. The chart spans the 2nd to the 98th percentile; the lowest rate posted is $14.50, the highest $72.24.

Posted on open jobs

$28.50–$37.50/hr

Middle half of 156 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $32.50. 30% of the 677 open medical laboratory technician jobs state an hourly rate. 48 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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Medical laboratory technician pay by employer

What each employer posts for medical laboratory technicians, 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.

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
UAB Medicine$19.50$15–$37.2513
UW Medicine$38.50$24.97–$45.1211
Advocate Health$30.25$19.80–$37.959
University of Rochester Medical Center$33.75$17.50–$40.677
UPMC$29.25$22.12–$36.586
Kaiser Permanente$39.25$30.29–$50.455
BJC HealthCare$32.75$24.71–$43.915
UW Health$29.25$23.43–$44.285
Fairview Health Services$32.50$24.85–$41.354
Labcorp$30$24–$414
Denver Health$24.50$21–$29.934
Mid-Valley Hospital & Clinic$41$29.84–$52.243
UMass Memorial Health$34.25$24.44–$46.363
Luminis Health$34$23–$453
CommonSpirit Health$33.50$19.44–$50.363
MU Health Care$32.75$23.66–$40.673
OSF HealthCare$32$25.35–$34.473
Brown University Health$31.50$24.46–$38.773
AdventHealth$31.25$20.89–$40.993
Essentia Health$30.50$24.31–$36.723
Valley Health (Virginia)$28.50$22.71–$34.063
San Antonio Regional Hospital$28.25$23–$54.763
Avera Health$27.75$22.75–$443
Southern Illinois Healthcare$23.75$19.02–$34.553
Sutter Health$50.75$39.04–$67.232
HealthTrust Workforce Solutions$49.25$45.75–$53.042
Providence$42$29.62–$56.182
Southcoast Health System$41.75$41.51–$41.782
Samaritan Health Services$41.25$33.17–$49.172
Carle Health$41$28.09–$56.332
Palomar Health$40.50$32.39–$48.662
South Shore Health$39.75$30.40–$50.202
Sturdy Health$39.25$30.04–$49.132
Sentara Health$36$28.70–$43.172
Allina Health$35.25$27.65–$40.992
United Hospital District$34.50$24.58–$48.992
United Health Services (New York)$33.50$25.74–$41.692
Mayo Clinic$33.25$21.55–$48.662
Capital Health$32.25$28.14–$36.582
HealthPartners$31.75$24.76–$37.142

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.

Medical laboratory technician 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.

StateMedian postedMiddle halfBLS medianJobs
Washington$40.75$38.25–$45$34.98 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)20
California$37.50$28.25–$43$36.54 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)16
Massachusetts$37$35–$41.50$38.04 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)14
Virginia$36.25$30.25–$38.50$29.35 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)9
New York$33.75$31.50–$34.75$46.77 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)12
Wisconsin$31.75$30.75–$33.25$29.17 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)9
Minnesota$31.50$30.50–$33.50$35.79 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)20
Missouri$31.50$28.75–$33.50$28.99 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)9
Illinois$31$28.25–$33.50$34.59 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)13
Alabama$27$19–$30$23.77 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)16
North Carolina$26.25$23.75–$29.25$29.16 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)8

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 medical laboratory technician pay

Where one employer posts both night and other medical laboratory technician jobs in the same state (3 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, stateNight jobs, medianOther jobs, median
Kaiser Permanente, MD$43 (1)$40.50 (2)
Luminis Health, MD$34 (1)$34 (2)
Mid-Valley Hospital & Clinic, WA$41 (1)$41 (2)

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

Best-paid open medical laboratory technician jobs

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

Every open job: Medical laboratory technician 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 occupation10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctEmployed
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 ($32.50) is $2.24 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.

Medical laboratory technician salary: common questions

How much does a medical laboratory technician make an hour?

Open medical laboratory technician jobs on CareJobs.Now that state an hourly rate post a median of $32.50, with the middle half between $28.50–$37.50 (203 jobs from 96 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 medical laboratory technician make a year?

At the posted median of $32.50 an hour, full time (2,080 hours a year) comes to about $67,600, and the middle half to $59,300 to $78,000. That is arithmetic on the hourly rate, not a salary any job states.

Which states pay medical laboratory technicians the most?

By the median hourly rate open jobs post: Washington ($40.75), California ($37.50) and Massachusetts ($37). The lowest: North Carolina ($26.25), Alabama ($27) and Illinois ($31). Each state's page breaks its pay down by town and employer.

Which employers pay medical laboratory technicians the most?

Among employers stating a rate on at least 5 open jobs: Kaiser Permanente ($39.25), UW Medicine ($38.50) and University of Rochester Medical Center ($33.75). The employer table lists the 40 employers with the most jobs stating pay.

Do night shift medical laboratory technicians earn more?

Not in the base rate employers post: where one employer posts both night and other medical laboratory technician jobs in the same state (3 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: 203 of 677 open medical laboratory technician jobs (30%) 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.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 24, 2026
  2. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025: Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (SOC 29-2010), published May 15, 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians by state, published May 15, 2026
  4. BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035: Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (Occupational Outlook Handbook), published August 27, 2026

Cite this page

CareJobs.Now. (2026). Medical laboratory technician salary. Data as of October 24, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/medical-laboratory-technician

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