Highest-paying Cities for Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists

The top 100 highest paying cities for medical and clinical laboratory technologists (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 medical and clinical laboratory technologists in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $109,790, Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is the highest paying city for medical and clinical laboratory technologists. It is followed by Merced, California (average annual salary $106,260). 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 medical and clinical laboratory technologists in a specific city, use the links in the table.

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

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$109,790	$26,870	50
2	Merced, California	$106,260	$81,600	30
3	Stockton, California	$98,670	$83,050	110
4	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$97,260	$62,680	460
5	Fresno, California	$93,500	$67,530	240
6	Redding, California	$91,300	$68,510	80
7	Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$90,850	$48,230	70
8	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California	$90,790	$59,480	90
9	Salinas, California	$90,600	$75,930	50
10	Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$88,200	$67,680	40
11	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$88,080	$63,110	170
12	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$87,430	$57,820	850
13	Hanford-Corcoran, California	$87,240	$61,920	60
14	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$87,080	$65,520	140
15	Yuba City, California	$87,070	$46,200	50
16	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$85,840	$55,180	120
17	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$83,000	$43,680	590
18	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$82,990	$44,000	550
19	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$82,580	$39,850	3,810
20	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$81,490	$45,030	1,350
21	El Centro, California	$81,300	$50,130	30
22	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$80,280	$42,850	60
23	Modesto, California	$80,070	$50,940	80
24	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$79,880	$46,030	700
25	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts	$78,410	$56,410	90
26	Southwestern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$78,260	$58,460	30
27	Anchorage, Alaska	$78,240	$57,990	110
28	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$77,710	$41,930	4,780
29	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$77,040	$44,550	1,300
30	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$75,940	$53,290	590
31	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$74,780	$51,710	590
32	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$74,670	$48,340	1,590
33	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$74,220	$52,110	3,700
34	Coastal Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$74,140	$54,220	40
35	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$74,060	$40,240	60
36	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$73,770	$53,220	1,700
37	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$73,310	$52,620	5,160
38	Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, New Hampshire	$73,190	$55,750	140
39	Peabody, Massachusetts	$73,050	$54,510	190
40	Spokane, Washington	$72,750	$54,800	530
41	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$72,700	$54,330	590
42	Danbury, Connecticut	$72,670	$55,050	150
43	Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin	$72,390	$51,800	350
44	Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$72,270	$59,090	40
45	Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$72,250	$56,560	70
46	Chico, California	$72,220	$38,670	50
47	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$72,000	$38,050	140
48	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$71,830	$54,980	110
49	Western Central Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$71,800	$53,970	50
50	Flagstaff, Arizona	$71,730	$58,290	70
51	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$71,690	$40,570	30
52	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$71,680	$45,690	130
53	Olympia, Washington	$71,320	$50,140	80
54	New Haven, Connecticut	$71,240	$53,030	920
55	Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts	$71,160	$52,020	50
56	Medford, Oregon	$71,140	$51,960	140
57	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$71,040	$41,700	60
58	Northwestern Connecticut nonmetropolitan area, Connecticut	$71,010	$61,090	50
59	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$70,990	$49,940	480
60	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$70,940	$54,500	110
61	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$70,910	$52,760	11,330
62	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$70,810	$52,350	120
63	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$70,770	$44,130	120
64	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$70,720	$50,870	1,390
65	Worcester, Massachusetts	$70,160	$39,890	380
66	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington	$69,900	$43,700	50
67	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$69,520	$43,190	1,620
68	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$69,390	$51,540	140
69	Visalia-Porterville, California	$69,160	$22,500	40
70	Bend, Oregon	$69,150	$31,370	100
71	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$69,140	$54,890	90
72	Corvallis, Oregon	$69,090	$54,390	60
73	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$69,050	$44,640	1,920
74	Salem, Oregon	$68,630	$51,200	130
75	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$68,570	$30,580	50
76	Camden, New Jersey	$68,520	$53,960	450
77	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$68,150	$50,040	100
78	Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, New Hampshire	$68,150	$52,910	50
79	Fairbanks, Alaska	$68,030	$50,960	40
80	Wilmington, New Jersey	$68,030	$53,330	330
81	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$67,980	$53,860	190
82	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$67,980	$51,170	6,370
83	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$67,970	$46,150	1,590
84	Northwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$67,910	$52,620	50
85	St Cloud, Minnesota	$67,830	$49,920	80
86	Flint, Michigan	$67,540	$48,790	230
87	Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York	$67,480	$51,200	240
88	Prescott, Arizona	$67,450	$49,750	70
89	Framingham, Massachusetts	$67,340	$52,680	570
90	Yuma, Arizona	$67,260	$30,470	50
91	Pocatello, Idaho	$67,110	$52,820	30
92	Tacoma, Washington	$67,090	$49,280	300
93	Northwest Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$66,980	$53,830	30
94	Yakima, Washington	$66,880	$50,410	90
95	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$66,840	$46,240	1,670
96	St George, Utah	$66,810	$41,190	80
97	Honolulu, Hawaii	$66,810	$48,600	500
98	North Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$66,780	$52,420	70
99	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$66,220	$47,690	90
100	Northwestern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$66,190	$46,780	60

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