Earnings
Median annual
wage-and-salary earnings of medical and clinical laboratory
technologists are about $53,500. The middle 50 percent earned between
$44,560 and $63,420. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $36,180, and
the highest 10 percent earned more than $74,680. Median annual wages in
the industries employing the largest numbers of medical and clinical
laboratory technologists are:
|
Federal
Government |
$59,800 |
|
Medical and
diagnostic laboratories |
$54,220 |
|
General medical
and surgical hospitals |
$53,360 |
|
Offices of
physicians |
$49,080 |
|
Colleges,
universities, and professional schools |
$47,890 |
Median annual
wage-and-salary earnings of medical and clinical laboratory technicians
are about $35,380. The middle 50 percent earned between $28,420 and
$44,310. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $23,480, and the highest
10 percent earned more than $53,520. Median annual wages in the
industries employing the largest numbers of medical and clinical
laboratory technicians are:
|
General
medical and surgical hospitals |
$36,840 |
|
Colleges,
universities, and professional schools |
$36,290 |
|
Offices of
physicians |
$33,980 |
|
Medical and
diagnostic laboratories |
$32,630 |
|
Other
ambulatory health care services |
$31,320 |
According to the
American Society for Clinical Pathology, median hourly wages of staff
clinical laboratory technologists and technicians in various specialties
and laboratory types are:
|
Specialty |
Hospital |
Private
clinic |
Physician
office laboratory |
|
Cytotechnologist |
$27.55 |
$28.75 |
$26.24 |
|
Histotechnologist |
22.93 |
23.35 |
25.00 |
|
Medical
technologist |
23.45 |
23.00 |
20.00 |
|
Histotechnician |
20.00 |
20.00 |
21.00 |
|
Medical
laboratory technician |
18.54 |
17.00 |
16.96 |
|
Phlebotomist |
12.50 |
12.50 |
13.00 |
Note: Some resources in this section are provided by the US Department
of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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