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Clinical Lab Technologists

SOC 29-2011

Run the lab tests that diagnosis and treatment depend on.

The job
Median pay
$63k
$48k to $81k typical range
BLS figure for Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing
+2.7% projected
BLS figure for Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians
Openings a year
21k
BLS figure for Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians
Typical education
Bachelor's
Our model
AI displacement risk
High
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
7/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
75th pct
More exposed than 75% of occupations · modeled estimate
Future-proof
50/100

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Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's.

StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
Texas29,5302.11.0×$59k
California29,2101.60.8×$76k
Florida25,7902.61.2×$61k
New York16,4601.70.8×$97k
North Carolina13,7102.81.3×$61k
Ohio13,0502.41.1×$64k
Pennsylvania13,0202.11.0×$52k
Georgia11,5402.41.1×$62k
Massachusetts10,8503.01.4×$79k
Illinois10,3301.70.8×$72k
All 51 states
StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
Michigan10,0002.31.1×$61k
Wisconsin8,4802.91.4×$61k
Tennessee8,4102.61.2×$62k
Missouri7,6702.61.2×$60k
Washington7,4302.11.0×$73k
Alabama7,2503.41.6×$49k
Indiana7,2102.31.1×$57k
Minnesota7,1902.41.1×$74k
Virginia7,1501.70.8×$61k
New Jersey7,0001.60.8×$68k
Arizona6,4402.00.9×$63k
Utah6,3703.71.7×$49k
Maryland6,2002.21.1×$64k
Colorado5,0001.70.8×$70k
Kentucky4,8602.41.1×$61k
South Carolina4,3801.90.9×$55k
Oklahoma4,2502.51.2×$53k
Kansas3,9302.71.3×$62k
Louisiana3,7902.00.9×$54k
Connecticut3,6702.21.0×$65k
Iowa3,2402.11.0×$54k
Arkansas3,1802.41.1×$50k
Mississippi3,0702.61.2×$51k
Oregon2,6601.40.6×$83k
New Mexico2,1602.51.2×$47k
Nevada2,0401.30.6×$57k
Nebraska1,9301.90.9×$61k
West Virginia1,8002.61.2×$62k
Idaho1,5901.90.9×$47k
North Dakota1,3703.21.5×$63k
South Dakota1,2802.81.3×$61k
Maine1,2502.00.9×$69k
Hawaii1,0901.70.8×$66k
Rhode Island1,0602.11.0×$76k
Montana1,0202.00.9×$65k
Washington DC9601.40.6×$77k
New Hampshire8001.20.6×$81k
Delaware6901.40.7×$69k
Alaska6802.11.0×$61k
Vermont4601.50.7×$79k
Wyoming4501.60.8×$66k

Top metro areas

  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ16,220 jobs · $97k median
  2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA10,150 jobs · $67k median
  3. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX9,420 jobs · $59k median
  4. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH8,710 jobs · $79k median
  5. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN7,620 jobs · $74k median
  6. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL7,570 jobs · $62k median
  7. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX7,410 jobs · $61k median
  8. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA6,750 jobs · $66k median

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BLS does not publish this occupation on its own. Pay and outlook here are BLS's figures for Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (SOC 29-2010), the occupation it is grouped with, so the real figures for this job could sit either side of them. Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.