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Average Clinical Laboratory Technologists And Technicians Salary in Odessa, TX

Clinical Laboratory Technologists And Technicians in Odessa, TX earn a median annual salary of $46,490, which is -24.9% compared to the national median. There are 130 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Odessa, TX (metro area).

$46,490
Odessa, TX median annual wage
$22/hour median
-24.9%
Difference vs national median
National median is $61,890
130
Local employment
1.7 jobs per 1,000 workers
0.75
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$33,440
25th
$36,140
Median
$46,490
75th
$74,120
90th
$83,890

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 Odessa, TX, 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
93.9%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$49,512
Goods: 93.8%
Services: 82.9%
Rents: 89.7%

Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

MetroMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$92,740Compare370
Medford, OR$89,040Compare190
Vallejo, CA$83,140Compare220
Bend, OR$83,110Compare120
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$82,460Compare90
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$81,900Compare1,820

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 Odessa, TX

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Physicians, All Other$234,8500.23
Financial Managers$146,1600.53
Computer And Information Systems Managers$142,3500.28
Pharmacists$138,3200.54
Petroleum Engineers$134,28032.09
Sales Managers$129,1401.07
Managers, All Other$128,6000.41
Marketing Managers$126,3500.33

Odessa, TX has salary data for 244 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Physicians, All Other.

Historical series

Trend for Clinical Laboratory Technologists And Technicians in Odessa, TX

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.