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Highest Paying Industries for Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists

The top 66 highest paying industries 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 in those industries are also shown. As shown in the table, with an average annual salary of $72,000, chemical manufacturing is the highest paying industry for medical and clinical laboratory technologists. It is followed by pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing industry (average annual salary $71,950). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in May 2015 [1]. For more information about salaries of medical and clinical laboratory technologists in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 66 Highest Paying Industries for Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Chemical Manufacturing	$72,000	$41,530	120
2	Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing	$71,950	$41,270	120
3	Manufacturing	$71,680	$42,800	160
4	Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities	$68,520	$43,070	80
5	Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services	$67,680	$45,310	350
6	Educational Services - Local government owned	$64,740	$47,230	80
7	Specialty hospitals - Privately owned	$64,270	$45,150	1,920
8	Federal government, including USPS	$63,320	$52,720	5,100
9	Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	$63,320	$52,720	5,100
10	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals - Privately owned	$62,850	$44,980	30
11	Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals	$62,740	$45,200	2,540
12	Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation)	$62,300	$44,400	6,780
13	Federal, State, and Local Government	$62,300	$44,400	6,780
14	Hospitals - Privately owned	$60,920	$43,210	82,070
15	Junior Colleges (including private, state, and local government schools)	$60,890	$33,600	60
16	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Privately owned	$60,860	$43,180	80,120
17	Management of Companies and Enterprises	$60,710	$41,760	250
18	Hospitals (including private, state, and local government hospitals)	$60,430	$42,880	95,210
19	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	$60,380	$42,830	92,490
20	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - State government owned	$60,130	$42,590	2,990
21	Employment Services	$59,870	$36,210	680
22	Hospitals - State government owned	$59,760	$42,960	3,720
23	Administrative and Support Services	$59,680	$35,900	690
24	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	$59,570	$35,950	700
25	Health Care and Social Assistance	$59,530	$40,910	144,470
26	Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories	$59,310	$39,170	28,740
27	Specialty hospitals - State government owned	$59,210	$45,150	580
28	Temporary Help Services	$59,170	$36,640	530
29	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - Privately owned	$58,460	$35,920	2,260
30	Educational Services - Privately owned	$58,460	$35,920	2,260
31	Public sector -- Federal, state, and local government, including government owned schools and hospit	$58,120	$40,310	23,690
32	Outpatient Care Centers	$58,000	$39,210	2,730
33	Ambulatory Health Care Services	$57,620	$37,120	49,060
34	Hospitals - Local government owned	$56,920	$40,700	9,420
35	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Local government owned	$56,900	$40,680	9,380
36	Local government, including schools and hospitals	$56,850	$40,360	10,040
37	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$56,720	$38,160	3,160
38	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals	$56,340	$40,640	180
39	Home Health Care Services	$56,290	$41,710	140
40	Offices of Physicians	$55,590	$35,230	12,570
41	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals - State government owned	$55,240	$40,420	150
42	Junior colleges - State government owned	$55,170	$24,200	30
43	Scientific Research and Development Services	$54,970	$37,330	2,710
44	State government, including schools and hospitals	$54,910	$36,530	8,540
45	Offices of Dentists	$54,900	$40,930	160
46	Other Services (except Federal, State, and Local Government)	$54,590	$40,250	30
47	Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences	$54,550	$37,170	2,630
48	Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$53,800	$33,530	550
49	Educational Services	$53,660	$34,500	6,030
50	Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	$53,610	$34,510	5,980
51	All Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	$53,110	$32,600	4,480
52	Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	$53,110	$32,600	4,480
53	Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers	$53,090	$35,020	90
54	Educational Services - State government owned	$51,620	$33,810	3,690
55	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - State government owned	$51,600	$33,830	3,660
56	Social Assistance	$49,900	$34,580	60
57	Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists	$48,540	$22,310	50
58	State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$47,850	$36,120	1,130
59	Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services	$47,200	$34,900	80
60	Testing Laboratories	$45,510	$33,900	70
61	Individual and Family Services	$42,420	$32,790	30
62	Offices of All Other Health Practitioners	$42,220	$32,550	n/a
63	Offices of Other Health Practitioners	$37,010	$25,760	260
64	Offices of Optometrists	$32,310	$24,850	n/a
65	Nursing and Residential Care Facilities	$23,480	$17,840	140
66	Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities)	$22,970	$17,270	n/a