Highest-paying Cities for Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians

The top 100 highest paying cities for clinical laboratory technologists and technicians (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of clinical laboratory technologists and technicians in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $104,110, Merced, California is the highest paying city for clinical laboratory technologists and technicians. It is followed by Redding, California (average annual salary $85,640). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of clinical laboratory technologists and technicians in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Merced, California	$104,110	$41,490	40
2	Redding, California	$85,640	$44,300	100
3	Napa, California	$85,290	$48,420	60
4	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$82,690	$40,810	280
5	Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$81,350	$48,490	160
6	Medford, Oregon	$80,940	$46,170	150
7	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$80,180	$45,120	18,780
8	Carson City, Nevada	$80,090	$52,370	60
9	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$79,690	$45,550	5,100
10	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$78,790	$46,190	190
11	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$78,750	$38,520	80
12	New Haven, Connecticut	$78,500	$48,120	1,440
13	Bend, Oregon	$77,880	$39,470	120
14	Albany, Oregon	$77,670	$38,730	40
15	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$77,180	$45,400	980
16	Utica-Rome, New York	$76,930	$37,320	120
17	Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$76,640	$40,670	90
18	Anchorage, Alaska	$76,480	$35,010	340
19	Stockton, California	$76,300	$40,390	340
20	Manchester, New Hampshire	$76,130	$46,680	120
21	Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$75,820	$38,840	140
22	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$74,880	$44,310	360
23	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$73,900	$38,010	290
24	West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$73,560	$48,970	110
25	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$73,280	$35,860	170
26	Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$72,250	$40,870	60
27	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$72,230	$46,920	740
28	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$71,760	$50,410	120
29	Modesto, California	$71,660	$37,020	270
30	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$71,480	$38,150	1,910
31	Syracuse, New York	$71,290	$36,810	520
32	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts	$70,960	$36,230	330
33	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$70,940	$48,340	1,460
34	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$70,820	$41,130	2,960
35	Other Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$70,760	$34,530	n/a
36	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey	$70,380	$46,820	90
37	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$70,350	$46,350	100
38	Northwestern Connecticut nonmetropolitan area, Connecticut	$69,770	$44,500	30
39	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$69,500	$40,840	790
40	Northwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$68,550	$46,930	60
41	Western Central Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$68,130	$34,780	60
42	Coastal Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$68,070	$40,500	50
43	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$68,030	$46,350	70
44	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$68,010	$44,720	2,010
45	Rochester, New York	$67,900	$39,190	910
46	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$67,840	$37,320	310
47	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$67,830	$44,120	100
48	East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$67,230	$38,650	130
49	Ocean City, New Jersey	$67,230	$52,530	n/a
50	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$67,080	$38,890	180
51	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$66,990	$36,110	170
52	Billings, Montana	$66,830	$31,320	220
53	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida	$66,800	$38,830	570
54	Dover-Durham, New Hampshire	$66,540	$50,700	50
55	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$66,510	$39,050	210
56	Yakima, Washington	$66,390	$36,750	90
57	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$66,320	$37,100	750
58	Salem, Oregon	$66,150	$40,230	160
59	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$66,050	$42,410	2,080
60	Watertown-Fort Drum, New York	$65,880	$36,770	40
61	Western Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$65,640	$40,540	110
62	Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$65,040	$37,020	230
63	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$64,980	$36,600	230
64	Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$64,950	$40,910	60
65	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$64,780	$41,590	430
66	Wilmington, New Jersey	$64,610	$38,990	440
67	Lake Charles, Louisiana	$64,590	$37,380	180
68	Odessa, Texas	$64,530	$34,110	80
69	Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$64,480	$37,830	170
70	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$64,440	$37,860	3,070
71	Corvallis, Oregon	$64,380	$39,580	100
72	Lewiston-Auburn, Maine	$64,290	$40,690	80
73	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$64,200	$44,910	870
74	Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$64,040	$48,790	60
75	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$64,020	$35,540	1,590
76	Olympia, Washington	$64,000	$39,400	170
77	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$63,980	$37,320	380
78	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$63,800	$38,270	390
79	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$63,660	$40,760	140
80	South Florida nonmetropolitan area, Florida	$63,420	$36,300	80
81	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$63,370	$46,740	1,290
82	Upper Eastern Shore nonmetropolitan area, Maryland	$63,300	$29,950	n/a
83	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$63,260	$37,120	140
84	Springfield, Massachusetts	$63,240	$37,040	830
85	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$63,180	$37,890	170
86	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$63,130	$41,600	340
87	Lebanon, Pennsylvania	$62,840	$36,330	80
88	Boulder, Colorado	$62,800	$41,590	360
89	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$62,660	$34,520	580
90	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$62,600	$45,760	90
91	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$62,560	$37,660	7,770
92	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$62,490	$38,750	6,280
93	Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$62,430	$37,420	290
94	Sebastian-Vero Beach, Florida	$62,400	$29,930	110
95	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$62,380	$43,100	4,690
96	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$62,370	$35,980	130
97	Worcester, Massachusetts	$62,370	$40,990	1,140
98	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$62,310	$43,220	3,620
99	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$61,950	$35,610	1,170
100	Jacksonville, Florida	$61,940	$30,970	1,980

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.