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Salary data from BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Average Clinical Laboratory Technologists And Technicians Salary in District of Columbia

Clinical Laboratory Technologists And Technicians in District of Columbia earn a median annual salary of $78,630, which is +27.0% compared to the national median. There are 970 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for District of Columbia (state).

$78,630
District of Columbia median annual wage
$38/hour median
+27.0%
Difference vs national median
National median is $61,890
970
Local employment
1.4 jobs per 1,000 workers
0.62
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$46,290
25th
$59,400
Median
$78,630
75th
$100,540
90th
$118,970

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in District of Columbia, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
109.9%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$71,546
Goods: 106.5%
Services: 112.8%
Rents: 155.0%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

StateMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
New York$84,660Compare18,500
Rhode Island$81,220Compare1,130
New Hampshire$80,220Compare650
Oregon$79,640Compare3,020
Vermont$76,430Compare490
Connecticut$75,200Compare3,850

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in District of Columbia

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Obstetricians And Gynecologists$236,6101.00
Physicians, Pathologists$228,3001.21
Family Medicine Physicians$212,830N/A
General Internal Medicine Physicians$209,2502.01
Psychiatrists$193,4702.12
Lawyers$191,8809.73
Computer And Information Systems Managers$191,8801.70
Nuclear Engineers$189,8003.50

District of Columbia has salary data for 499 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Obstetricians And Gynecologists.

Historical series

Trend for Clinical Laboratory Technologists And Technicians in District of Columbia

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Clinical Laboratory Technologists And Technicians are projected to change by +1.7% from 2024 to 2034, with 22,600 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.