LAB MANAGEMENT :: ANNUAL SALARY SURVEY MLO’s 2019
Annual Salary Survey of laboratory professionals
By MLO Staff $113,591
Female $107,703 Male $125,694
$73,218
Female $72,981 Male $73,750
$76,422 Female $73,137 Male $88,848
$86,035
Female $81,696 Male $99,805
$80,876
Female $77,063 Male $98,184
“Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it, and others do just the same with their time.” —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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eleasing financial information—whether to a spouse, bank, accountant, or magazine—is often uncomfortable and can feel like an invasion of
privacy. Yet, anonymous salary surveys provide a unique set of data to both businesses and profession- als, drawing information from numerous sources for various job categories which are then broken down by geographic area, market sector, job function, etc. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Occupational Outlook Handbook,1
the median
annual wage for medical and clinical laboratory tech- nologists and technicians was $51,770 (or $24.89 per hour) in May 2017. To put things a bit more in per- spective, as per BLS, the median wage for workers in the United States in the fourth quarter of 2017 was $44,564 (or $21.43 per hour) per year for a 40-hour workweek.2
So, without further ado, below you’ll find our sal-
ary survey results broken down by question, enabling a more complete look at the trends in the clinical laboratory industry.
Where is your facility located? Geographically, the salary breakdown for the 2019 sur-
vey is as follows: t The Pacific Coast region came in again at No. 1 this year with an average salary of $113,591 ($107,703 for
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female respondents and $125,694 for male respon- dents). The average salary increased slightly from 2018
which was $112,327. t The next highest region is the Northeast com- ing in at an average of $86,035 ($81,696 for female respondents and $99,805 for male respondents). This
increased from last year’s average which was $82,504. t The Southeast region’s average salary this year is $80,876 ($77,063 for female respondents and $98,184 for male respondents). This increased significantly
from last year’s average of $70,462. t In the Central region, the average salary is $76,422 ($73,137 for female respondents and $88,848 for male respondents). The 2018 results reported the Central
region a tad lower at an average salary of $70,695. t The Moun- tain region’s average salary this year came in at the low- est at $73,218 ($72,981 for female respon- dents and $73,750 for male respondents). The average sal- ary increased a small amount from 2018 which was $72,200.
2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
SALARY SURVEY HISTORY $83,538 $79,006 $84,654 $71,491 $80,985 $71,086
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