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Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologist Salary by State (2026)

Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists earn the most in New York at $97,280 a year and the least in New Mexico at $47,360 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). The national median is $62,930. The table below covers all 50 states, DC, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam and Puerto Rico, with a cost-of-living adjusted column.

Highest median
$97,280New York
National median
$62,930BLS OEWS, May 2025
Lowest median
$47,360New Mexico
Areas reporting
54of 54 OEWS areas

Top and bottom

Highest- and lowest-paying states for medical and clinical laboratory technologists

Ranked on the state median among the 50 states and DC. Territories are in the full table but not ranked here.

Highest median pay

  1. 1New York$97,280
  2. 2Oregon$83,010
  3. 3New Hampshire$81,020
  4. 4Massachusetts$79,120
  5. 5Vermont$78,680

Lowest median pay

  1. 1New Mexico$47,360
  2. 2Idaho$47,450
  3. 3Utah$49,090
  4. 4Alabama$49,440
  5. 5Arkansas$49,670

All states

Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologist salary in every state

Sort by any column. Employment is the number of medical and clinical laboratory technologists OEWS estimates in that state; blank cells are estimates BLS suppressed because the sample was too small.

Annual wages by state, sortable by median, quartiles, employment and cost-of-living adjusted median
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1NYNew York
$97,280
$65,890$120,90016,460$90,140
2OROregon
$83,010
$62,360$102,9502,660$80,311
3NHNew Hampshire
$81,020
$57,360$90,310800$77,780
4MAMassachusetts
$79,120
$54,020$99,13010,850$74,813
5VTVermont
$78,680
$65,610$96,530460$80,320
6DCDistrict of Columbia
$76,560
$58,600$102,560960$69,663
7CACalifornia
$76,010
$56,700$89,48029,210$68,651
8RIRhode Island
$75,780
$50,420$83,4901,060$74,091
9MNMinnesota
$74,440
$61,430$80,9207,190$75,481
10WAWashington
$72,760
$56,160$97,5907,430$67,992
11ILIllinois
$71,950
$53,820$82,88010,330$71,980
12COColorado
$70,050
$52,930$87,7805,000$67,975
13MEMaine
$68,690
$49,900$80,9201,250$70,778
14DEDelaware
$68,630
$50,590$83,550690$68,762
15NJNew Jersey
$68,450
$53,840$87,0407,000$62,911
16HIHawaii
$66,020
$52,750$83,8201,090$60,045
17WYWyoming
$65,510
$38,930$83,930450$70,676
18CTConnecticut
$65,310
$50,900$98,2603,670$63,034
19MTMontana
$65,190
$48,140$81,7101,020$68,878
20OHOhio
$63,800
$47,670$79,26013,050$68,769
21MDMaryland
$63,690
$47,830$84,5006,200$60,681
22NDNorth Dakota
$62,680
$48,260$77,3701,370$70,459
23AZArizona
$62,530
$48,080$80,3606,440$62,110
24GAGeorgia
$62,180
$47,230$83,46011,540$64,574
25TNTennessee
$62,070
$46,860$78,7208,410$67,563
26KSKansas
$62,050
$46,680$78,3303,930$68,892
27WVWest Virginia
$61,810
$46,190$75,3401,800$69,064
28MIMichigan
$61,260
$41,630$79,40010,000$63,669
29VAVirginia
$61,050
$46,430$79,7007,150$60,383
30AKAlaska
$60,950
$48,550$82,610680$59,545
31SDSouth Dakota
$60,890
$47,140$75,7001,280$68,735
32KYKentucky
$60,880
$45,310$78,0204,860$67,525
33WIWisconsin
$60,670
$49,440$77,8608,480$64,477
34NCNorth Carolina
$60,650
$47,300$77,70013,710$64,298
35NENebraska
$60,540
$46,740$76,1701,930$67,190
36FLFlorida
$60,510
$41,680$79,92025,790$58,512
37MOMissouri
$60,300
$46,160$78,3307,670$66,397
38TXTexas
$59,290
$44,990$77,75029,530$61,088
39NVNevada
$57,320
$47,190$81,4702,040$57,332
40INIndiana
$57,080
$45,390$76,4807,210$61,160
41SCSouth Carolina
$55,280
$44,140$72,7504,380$58,966
42LALouisiana
$54,460
$39,930$69,6403,790$61,741
43IAIowa
$54,260
$43,210$65,8103,240$61,826
44OKOklahoma
$53,300
$40,000$68,7404,250$60,676
45PAPennsylvania
$51,680
$44,130$75,77013,020$52,966
46MSMississippi
$50,640
$40,160$64,6103,070$58,238
47ARArkansas
$49,670
$39,720$63,5203,180$57,133
48ALAlabama
$49,440
$38,750$64,3307,250$55,661
49UTUtah
$49,090
$39,250$66,1406,370$49,654
50VIU.S. Virgin Islands
$48,650
$40,890$61,59080N/A
51IDIdaho
$47,450
$40,050$75,0001,590$49,689
52NMNew Mexico
$47,360
$39,110$63,0602,160$51,360
53GUGuam
$45,130
$31,220$55,73090N/A
54PRPuerto Rico
$37,790
$34,180$45,0103,390N/A

Method

How the cost-of-living adjustment works

The adjusted column divides each state median by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity (RPP) and multiplies by 100. RPPs measure how much a fixed basket of goods, services and rents costs in one state relative to the national average, so the result restates local pay in national-average dollars.

For medical and clinical laboratory technologists, the adjustment does not change the leader: New York is first on raw pay and still first once prices are taken into account, at $90,140.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities by State, 2024 (public domain). The adjustment is NueCareer's calculation, not a BLS or BEA published statistic.

Questions

Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologist pay by state: FAQ

Which state pays medical and clinical laboratory technologists the most?

New York reports the highest median wage for medical and clinical laboratory technologists at $97,280 a year (BLS OEWS, May 2025), followed by Oregon ($83,010) and New Hampshire ($81,020).

Which state pays medical and clinical laboratory technologists the least?

Among the 50 states and DC, New Mexico reports the lowest median for medical and clinical laboratory technologists at $47,360 a year, $49,920 below the highest-paying state (BLS OEWS, May 2025). Among the territories, U.S. Virgin Islands reports $48,650, Guam reports $45,130 and Puerto Rico reports $37,790.

Is the highest-paying state the best for medical and clinical laboratory technologists after cost of living?

Yes. New York stays first after dividing each state median by its BEA Regional Price Parity, at $90,140 in national-average dollars from a raw $97,280. BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024; the adjustment is NueCareer's calculation.

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