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Medical Lab Technologists

Career and Education Info

Job Numbers and Growth

Government data shows about 167,000 for medical lab technologists. 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 lab technologists work for themselves about 1% of the time.

Training and Education

Education requirements for this career usually include a bachelor's degree. Approximately 51% of people working as employees have earned a degree. Among medical lab technologists 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 Burlington (North Carolina), Durham (North Carolina), and Gainesville (Florida), and less common in Reading (Pennsylvania), Santa Cruz (California), and Myrtle Beach (South Carolina).

Average income is highest in Salinas (California), San Jose (California), and Santa Barbara (California) and lowest in New Bedford (Massachusetts), Reading (Pennsylvania), and Spartanburg (South Carolina).

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Medical Lab Technologists: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area

The table below shows data for Medical Lab Technologists, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Medical Lab Technologists 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 Lab Technologists are starred .

StateAreaPositionsTypical PayPopularity in Area
AlabamaAnniston50$50,7901
AlabamaBirmingham990$48,4701.5
AlabamaDothan120$49,0501.8
AlabamaHuntsville130$50,1500.5
AlabamaMobile290$48,2401.3
AlabamaMontgomery170$46,2800.8
AlaskaAnchorage180$61,7100.9
ArizonaFlagstaff40$51,8800.7
ArizonaKingman60$45,5201.1
ArizonaPhoenix2,460$46,7001.1
ArizonaPrescott70$56,0601
ArizonaTucson330$52,6700.7
ArkansasFayetteville110$48,5900.5
ArkansasFort Smith150$43,6101.1
ArkansasHot Springs80$49,120 2.1
ArkansasJonesboro70$40,2301.3
ArkansasLittle Rock770$51,5801.9
CaliforniaBakersfield140$65,5500.4
CaliforniaChico90$75,0301.2
CaliforniaFresno210$67,5000.5
CaliforniaHanford50$55,7501.7
CaliforniaModesto80$73,8300.4
CaliforniaNapa70$71,7101
CaliforniaOakland820$75,2900.6
CaliforniaOxnard130$70,9900.4
CaliforniaRedding40$74,5400.5
CaliforniaRiverside700$68,8800.4
CaliforniaSacramento640$58,8100.6
CaliforniaSalinas80$87,3300.4
CaliforniaSan Diego710$66,7400.4
CaliforniaSan Francisco700$70,0200.6
CaliforniaSan Jose920$83,4500.8
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo40$74,9200.4
CaliforniaSanta Ana1,190$63,5200.6
CaliforniaSanta Barbara120$76,7000.6
CaliforniaSanta Cruz30$63,6200.3
CaliforniaSanta Rosa200$72,0800.9
CaliforniaStockton140$70,4100.5
CaliforniaVallejo170$71,7801.2
CaliforniaVisalia80$71,5100.5
ColoradoColorado Springs320$53,4801.1
ColoradoDenver1,780$54,3601.1
ColoradoFort Collins170$56,1901.2
ColoradoPueblo90$54,9301.5
ConnecticutBridgeport370$64,4400.7
ConnecticutHartford700$60,1801
ConnecticutNew Haven980$60,430 2.9
ConnecticutNorwich110$64,4400.8
DelawareWilmington350$56,1900.9
District of ColumbiaWashington2,610$56,9300.9
FloridaDeltona190$54,2601
FloridaFort Lauderdale1,130$54,7901.2
FloridaFort Walton Beach70$44,5400.8
FloridaGainesville410$52,740 3.1
FloridaJacksonville710$51,5201
FloridaLakeland250$54,6401.1
FloridaMiami1,300$55,0001.1
FloridaNaples90$56,1900.6
FloridaOcala120$49,3401.1
FloridaOrlando1,240$48,8501
FloridaPalm Bay240$52,5801
FloridaPensacola250$49,1001.4
FloridaPort St Lucie100$55,5600.7
FloridaPunta Gorda80$53,2101.9
FloridaSebastian60$50,9601.2
FloridaTallahassee130$50,9700.7
FloridaTampa1,880$51,6701.2
FloridaWest Palm Beach530$52,6300.8
GeorgiaAlbany110$50,9001.6
GeorgiaAthens210$42,510 2.5
GeorgiaAtlanta3,090$54,2401
GeorgiaAugusta490$43,5502
GeorgiaBrunswick50$44,7401.1
GeorgiaColumbus140$52,1101.1
GeorgiaMacon170$52,9301.5
GeorgiaRome70$50,7301.8
GeorgiaSavannah190$49,2501.1
GeorgiaValdosta130$40,120 2.1
HawaiiHonolulu500$59,8500.9
IdahoBoise120$51,3200.4
IllinoisChicago3,850$51,3700.8
IllinoisSpringfield110$52,4000.9
IndianaAnderson50$48,4701.2
IndianaBloomington60$47,9600.8
IndianaFort Wayne280$56,3801.1
IndianaGary290$46,4100.9
IndianaIndianapolis1,410$47,4601.3
IndianaKokomo60$51,0301.6
IndianaLafayette40$51,7700.5
IndianaSouth Bend270$46,4801.7
IowaAmes60$47,3401.5
IowaCedar Rapids120$49,4700.8
IowaDavenport210$43,7101
IowaDes Moines290$51,5200.7
IowaDubuque30$46,6300.5
IowaSioux City60$47,1700.8
IowaWaterloo90$50,6000.9
KansasLawrence60$54,6701.2
KansasTopeka160$55,8301.3
KansasWichita310$51,5700.8
KentuckyBowling Green70 1.1
KentuckyElizabethtown50$47,8301.1
KentuckyLexington570$49,6602
KentuckyLouisville800$52,0201.1
KentuckyOwensboro70$49,5301.4
LouisianaAlexandria150$48,570 2.3
LouisianaBaton Rouge390$48,4900.9
LouisianaHouma90$48,5600.8
LouisianaLafayette200$42,1701.2
LouisianaLake Charles130$50,7101.3
LouisianaMonroe130$47,5101.5
LouisianaNew Orleans830$43,2401.3
LouisianaShreveport540$44,790 2.6
MaineBangor70$51,9601
MaineLewiston70$48,3101.3
MainePortland380$50,5501.6
MarylandBaltimore2,260$60,2301.4
MarylandBethesda780$65,0101.1
MarylandCumberland30$46,0500.8
MarylandSalisbury60 1.1
MassachusettsBoston5,490$55,300 2.6
MassachusettsBrockton120$53,4701.2
MassachusettsFramingham170$53,6000.9
MassachusettsLeominster50$55,5300.9
MassachusettsLowell110$59,2500.8
MassachusettsNew Bedford100$41,3801.4
MassachusettsSpringfield350$58,1201
MassachusettsWorcester550$58,7601.8
MichiganAnn Arbor440$51,990 2.2
MichiganDetroit1,180$55,1201.3
MichiganFlint200$60,9901.2
MichiganGrand Rapids280$53,6200.6
MichiganKalamazoo200$53,2101.3
MichiganLansing260$55,0401.1
MichiganMuskegon40$59,4000.6
MichiganSaginaw190$53,440 2.2
MichiganWarren1,540$54,4001.1
MinnesotaDuluth150$58,2301
MinnesotaMinneapolis1,850$58,4600.8
MinnesotaSt Cloud150$57,8901.3
MississippiGulfport130$51,2701
MississippiHattiesburg80$43,8701.3
MississippiJackson600$52,5502
MissouriColumbia250$52,020 2.7
MissouriJoplin140$46,3601.6
MissouriKansas City1,540$52,8301.2
MissouriSpringfield300 1.3
MissouriSt Louis1,930$53,2901.1
MontanaBillings50$54,5000.5
MontanaGreat Falls60$51,6601.7
MontanaMissoula50$48,4800.9
NebraskaLincoln210 1.1
NebraskaOmaha1,090$45,3801.9
NevadaLas Vegas620$66,9900.5
NevadaReno210$65,4000.8
New HampshireNashua90$53,4200.6
New HampshirePortsmouth50$50,1800.8
New HampshireRochester50$52,8300.8
New JerseyAtlantic City100$58,0300.6
New JerseyCamden420$59,0200.6
New JerseyEdison1,230$58,2601
New JerseyNewark1,060$61,6500.8
New JerseyTrenton210$60,9900.8
New MexicoAlbuquerque710$42,2701.5
New MexicoFarmington60$48,9401.1
New MexicoLas Cruces40$53,2400.6
New MexicoSanta Fe40$53,3200.6
New YorkAlbany650$50,9901.2
New YorkBuffalo330$49,9600.5
New YorkElmira60$48,3901.6
New YorkNassau1,450$64,9300.9
New YorkNew York6,920$60,8201.1
New YorkPoughkeepsie210$62,1200.7
New YorkRochester960$48,2901.6
New YorkSyracuse380$51,4601
New YorkUtica90$51,7300.6
North CarolinaAsheville190$49,1000.9
North CarolinaBurlington410$43,490 6.4
North CarolinaCharlotte570$53,5500.5
North CarolinaDurham1,730$47,660 5.2
North CarolinaFayetteville160$49,3801.1
North CarolinaGoldsboro40$54,0601
North CarolinaGreensboro210$50,3600.5
North CarolinaGreenville110$49,5501.4
North CarolinaHickory110$51,4600.6
North CarolinaRaleigh520$50,8600.8
North CarolinaRocky Mount30$52,2200.5
North CarolinaWilmington130$52,5500.8
North CarolinaWinston Salem300$47,1501.2
North DakotaBismarck100$46,1201.6
North DakotaFargo240$47,5501.8
OhioAkron370$50,7500.9
OhioCanton190$49,2400.9
OhioCincinnati1,210$49,2300.9
OhioCleveland1,640$51,3001.2
OhioColumbus1,070$50,7200.9
OhioDayton440$53,7600.9
OhioLima90$52,2001.6
OhioToledo300$52,6800.8
OhioYoungstown240$50,6400.9
OklahomaLawton50$50,5001.3
OklahomaOklahoma City690$49,6001
OklahomaTulsa540$42,2501
OregonBend70$57,9600.9
OregonCorvallis50$58,9201.6
OregonMedford100$60,2701
OregonPortland1,160$58,3700.9
OregonSalem120$63,8800.7
PennsylvaniaAllentown370$49,5400.9
PennsylvaniaAltoona120$47,6501.8
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg490$49,1401.3
PennsylvaniaLancaster250$49,7700.9
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia2,960$56,0401.3
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh2,280$48,0001.6
PennsylvaniaReading60$38,7300.3
PennsylvaniaScranton630$46,310 2
PennsylvaniaYork120$52,7700.6
Rhode IslandProvidence700$60,7001
South CarolinaAnderson40 0.6
South CarolinaCharleston540$51,7001.5
South CarolinaColumbia630$49,0501.5
South CarolinaFlorence100$51,3101.1
South CarolinaGreenville230$51,1700.6
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach30$42,7600.2
South CarolinaSpartanburg90$35,0100.6
South DakotaRapid City120$52,5501.7
South DakotaSioux Falls370$48,350 2.3
TennesseeChattanooga330$55,0801.2
TennesseeJohnson City100$49,1001.2
TennesseeKingsport170$46,2201.3
TennesseeKnoxville640$48,5601.6
TennesseeMemphis890$55,9501.2
TennesseeMorristown40$54,0700.8
TennesseeNashville1,000$58,2701.1
TexasAbilene110$45,7201.6
TexasAmarillo140$47,4901.2
TexasAustin690$43,8200.7
TexasBeaumont160$49,1700.9
TexasBrownsville150$49,2001
TexasCorpus Christi200$47,5401
TexasDallas2,780$52,3001.1
TexasEl Paso300$47,4000.9
TexasFort Worth830$50,1000.8
TexasHouston3,510$51,9501.1
TexasKilleen240$50,3901.7
TexasLaredo70$43,0300.8
TexasLongview40$48,9200.4
TexasLubbock260$46,7201.8
TexasMcallen190$47,6000.7
TexasOdessa50$49,3000.8
TexasSan Angelo50$46,5801.2
TexasSan Antonio1,210$50,0201.2
TexasSherman60$44,3801.5
TexasTexarkana70$46,9001.2
TexasTyler210$48,290 2
UtahOgden150$52,6100.6
UtahProvo130$53,0400.7
UtahSalt Lake City1,270$50,3801.6
VermontBurlington190$55,4701.5
VirginiaBlacksburg90$38,6001.3
VirginiaHarrisonburg70$54,1801.2
VirginiaLynchburg80$49,8100.7
VirginiaRichmond820$49,1101.1
VirginiaRoanoke410$49,980 2.2
VirginiaVirginia Beach1,000$50,2801.1
WashingtonBremerton40$71,3600.4
WashingtonKennewick70$53,2600.7
WashingtonLongview30$64,1900.9
WashingtonMount Vernon120$54,500 2.5
WashingtonOlympia50$59,6000.5
WashingtonSeattle1,510$62,0500.8
WashingtonSpokane330$58,7301.3
WashingtonTacoma430$60,2901.3
WashingtonWenatchee50$55,9401.2
WashingtonYakima60$57,3900.7
West VirginiaCharleston260$47,7901.5
West VirginiaHuntington150$51,9401.1
West VirginiaMorgantown80$49,4801.6
West VirginiaParkersburg90$44,4401.2
WisconsinAppleton90$54,3700.7
WisconsinEau Claire90$52,5401
WisconsinGreen Bay180$53,9300.9
WisconsinJanesville60$54,3400.8
WisconsinLa Crosse30$55,5600.4
WisconsinMadison510$50,0201.3
WisconsinMilwaukee1,390$53,9101.3
WisconsinOshkosh100$51,5701.1
WisconsinWausau70$55,1800.9
WyomingCheyenne70$53,4001.5
 

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