Pay distribution $42,000 10th $47,740 25th $79,200 75th $95,650 90th
Half of Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians in the Richmond metro area earn more than $61,830 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $47,740 and $79,200.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $42,000 $47,740 $61,830 $79,200 $95,650 Hourly $20.19 $22.95 $29.72 $38.08 $45.99
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares Richmond metro areathis metro area
$61,830 median for Richmond metro area; middle half earns $47,740 to $79,200
$61,050 median for Virginia; middle half earns $46,430 to $79,700
$62,930 median for United States; middle half earns $47,650 to $81,450
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +1% vs Virginia overall and −2% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $34,160 $57,167 $80,173 $103,180 Aguadilla, PR — $34,160 Mayaguez, PR — $35,930 Ponce, PR — $36,280 Arecibo, PR — $37,530 Jackson, MI — $37,940 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $38,680 Sebring, FL — $40,130 Lake Charles, LA — $41,160 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $41,380 Pocatello, ID — $41,870 Guayama, PR — $43,350 Williamsport, PA — $43,700 State College, PA — $43,980 Altoona, PA — $44,340 Las Cruces, NM — $44,550 Idaho Falls, ID — $44,680 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $45,210 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $45,440 Ocala, FL — $45,470 Bloomington, IN — $45,600 Hot Springs, AR — $45,730 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $45,780 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $45,950 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $46,150 Erie, PA — $46,350 Muncie, IN — $46,400 Eagle Pass, TX — $46,430 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $46,450 Boise City, ID — $46,680 Reading, PA — $46,990 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $47,120 Albuquerque, NM — $47,240 Rapid City, SD — $47,240 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $47,250 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $47,360 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $47,450 Huntsville, AL — $47,490 Decatur, AL — $47,530 Pittsburgh, PA — $47,610 Abilene, TX — $47,670 Beckley, WV — $47,760 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $47,770 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $47,800 Casper, WY — $47,830 Warner Robins, GA — $48,100 Gadsden, AL — $48,130 Lafayette, LA — $48,240 Oklahoma City, OK — $48,330 Mansfield, OH — $48,340 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $48,630 Fort Wayne, IN — $48,660 Tyler, TX — $48,750 Montgomery, AL — $48,780 Roanoke, VA — $48,880 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $49,010 Ogden, UT — $49,090 Minot, ND — $49,100 Sherman-Denison, TX — $49,140 Santa Fe, NM — $49,150 Hammond, LA — $49,350 Dothan, AL — $49,360 Elizabethtown, KY — $49,520 Logan, UT-ID — $49,570 Terre Haute, IN — $49,650 Jacksonville, NC — $49,660 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $49,730 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $49,730 Mobile, AL — $49,760 Lewiston, ID-WA — $49,850 Reno, NV — $49,930 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $49,980 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $50,070 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $50,070 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $50,110 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $50,240 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $50,240 Laredo, TX — $50,370 Fond du Lac, WI — $50,390 Johnstown, PA — $50,460 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $50,480 Hattiesburg, MS — $50,640 Joplin, MO-KS — $50,690 Florence, SC — $50,970 Burlington, NC — $51,000 Johnson City, TN — $51,000 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $51,020 St. George, UT — $51,260 Birmingham, AL — $51,430 Springfield, MO — $51,470 Visalia, CA — $51,500 El Paso, TX — $51,600 Valdosta, GA — $51,630 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $51,680 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $51,900 Gainesville, GA — $52,110 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $52,120 Iowa City, IA — $52,140 Longview, TX — $52,290 Columbus, GA-AL — $52,560 York-Hanover, PA — $52,590 Baton Rouge, LA — $52,700 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $52,720 Tuscaloosa, AL — $52,860 Waco, TX — $52,940 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $53,070 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $53,090 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $53,130 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $53,640 Tallahassee, FL — $54,080 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $54,270 Monroe, MI — $54,290 Tulsa, OK — $54,320 Lynchburg, VA — $54,350 Gettysburg, PA — $54,450 Odessa, TX — $55,030 Farmington, NM — $55,200 Columbia, SC — $55,280 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $55,460 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $55,540 Dubuque, IA — $55,680 Lincoln, NE — $55,930 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $56,010 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $56,070 Gainesville, FL — $56,240 Jackson, MS — $56,310 Ames, IA — $56,380 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $56,660 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $56,720 Lima, OH — $56,720 Jefferson City, MO — $57,050 Grand Island, NE — $57,120 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $57,140 Asheville, NC — $57,220 Amarillo, TX — $57,410 Fayetteville, NC — $57,560 Wichita Falls, TX — $57,670 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $57,910 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $57,930 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $57,960 Midland, TX — $57,980 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $58,050 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $58,070 Wilmington, NC — $58,110 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $58,180 San Angelo, TX — $58,190 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $58,230 Cleveland, TN — $58,240 El Centro, CA — $58,240 Dover, DE — $58,310 Kenosha, WI — $58,430 Corpus Christi, TX — $58,440 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $58,490 Knoxville, TN — $58,650 Carson City, NV — $58,810 Toledo, OH — $58,840 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $58,860 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $58,910 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $58,910 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $58,990 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $59,000 Morristown, TN — $59,050 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $59,060 Madison, WI — $59,090 Kansas City, MO-KS — $59,230 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $59,280 Victoria, TX — $59,310 Great Falls, MT — $59,320 Albany, GA — $59,370 Omaha, NE-IA — $59,420 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $59,470 St. Cloud, MN — $59,510 Chico, CA — $59,520 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $59,570 Lancaster, PA — $59,690 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $59,710 Paducah, KY-IL — $59,730 College Station-Bryan, TX — $59,750 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $59,750 Yuma, AZ — $59,780 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $59,790 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $59,890 Monroe, LA — $59,900 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $59,930 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $59,930 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $59,940 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $60,140 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $60,150 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $60,250 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $60,280 Sumter, SC — $60,380 Enid, OK — $60,440 Bellingham, WA — $60,470 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $60,530 Punta Gorda, FL — $60,570 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $60,590 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $60,640 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $60,710 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $60,840 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $60,850 Canton-Massillon, OH — $60,860 Jonesboro, AR — $60,880 Winchester, VA-WV — $60,960 Lawton, OK — $60,970 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $61,010 Bozeman, MT — $61,200 Kankakee, IL — $61,200 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $61,300 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $61,350 Alexandria, LA — $61,360 Killeen-Temple, TX — $61,370 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $61,380 Bowling Green, KY — $61,450 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $61,460 Lubbock, TX — $61,490 Savannah, GA — $61,540 Clarksville, TN-KY — $61,580 Texarkana, TX-AR — $61,620 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $61,710 Sheboygan, WI — $61,710 Tucson, AZ — $61,720 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $61,820 Richmond, VA — $61,830 St. Louis, MO-IL — $61,830 Yakima, WA — $61,850 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $61,910 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $61,970 Flint, MI — $62,040 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $62,040 Anchorage, AK — $62,050 Fresno, CA — $62,160 Lebanon, PA — $62,160 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $62,190 Rocky Mount, NC — $62,230 Columbus, OH — $62,240 Fargo, ND-MN — $62,340 Appleton, WI — $62,360 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $62,360 Decatur, IL — $62,400 Jackson, TN — $62,420 Morgantown, WV — $62,510 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $62,530 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $62,550 Cedar Rapids, IA — $62,560 Wheeling, WV-OH — $62,610 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $62,710 Salinas, CA — $62,770 Wausau, WI — $62,780 Winston-Salem, NC — $62,960 Charleston, WV — $62,980 Dalton, GA — $63,040 Evansville, IN — $63,040 Bismarck, ND — $63,100 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $63,190 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $63,210 Port St. Lucie, FL — $63,210 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $63,220 Jacksonville, FL — $63,330 Hinesville, GA — $63,520 Pueblo, CO — $63,530 Missoula, MT — $63,550 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $63,560 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $63,690 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $63,770 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $63,960 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $64,000 Topeka, KS — $64,230 Manhattan, KS — $64,260 Duluth, MN-WI — $64,320 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $64,380 Spartanburg, SC — $64,490 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $64,580 Springfield, IL — $65,030 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $65,060 Chambersburg, PA — $65,080 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $65,100 Bangor, ME — $65,210 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $65,210 Cheyenne, WY — $65,320 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $65,370 Greenville, NC — $65,440 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $65,530 Rome, GA — $65,840 Urban Honolulu, HI — $66,020 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $66,060 Green Bay, WI — $66,160 Eau Claire, WI — $66,180 Cleveland, OH — $66,360 Peoria, IL — $66,560 Charlottesville, VA — $66,700 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $67,040 Akron, OH — $67,100 Columbia, MO — $67,400 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $67,430 Greeley, CO — $67,450 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $67,530 Sandusky, OH — $67,830 Wichita, KS — $67,980 Traverse City, MI — $68,060 Billings, MT — $68,440 Portland-South Portland, ME — $68,690 Saginaw, MI — $69,090 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $69,120 Springfield, MA — $69,610 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $70,050 Walla Walla, WA — $70,260 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $70,300 Homosassa Springs, FL — $71,660 Lexington Park, MD — $72,640 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $72,970 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $73,960 Helena, MT — $74,840 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $74,840 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $74,870 Boulder, CO — $74,990 Bloomington, IL — $75,530 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $75,540 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $76,060 Modesto, CA — $76,110 Rockford, IL — $76,380 Lawrence, KS — $76,520 Grand Junction, CO — $76,850 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $76,920 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $76,960 Worcester, MA — $77,240 Colorado Springs, CO — $77,300 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $78,050 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $78,170 Salem, OR — $78,640 Glens Falls, NY — $79,210 Syracuse, NY — $79,250 Ann Arbor, MI — $79,400 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $79,480 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $80,000 Napa, CA — $80,070 Utica-Rome, NY — $80,270 Battle Creek, MI — $80,450 Redding, CA — $81,220 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $81,220 Corvallis, OR — $81,230 Rochester, NY — $81,290 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $81,330 Medford, OR — $81,370 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $81,590 Barnstable Town, MA — $81,890 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $83,010 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $83,100 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $83,150 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $84,000 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $84,130 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $84,200 Albany, OR — $84,850 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $84,870 Vallejo, CA — $86,250 Bend, OR — $90,270 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $96,930 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $98,290 Binghamton, NY — $102,040 Kingston, NY — $103,180 Richmond metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The Richmond metro area has the 136th-highest published median for this occupation among the 358 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in Virginia Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for clinical laboratory technologists and technicians, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Richmond metro areathis page
$61,830 median for Richmond metro area; middle half earns $47,740 to $79,200
$66,700 median for Charlottesville metro area; middle half earns $48,990 to $81,590
$60,960 median for Winchester metro area; middle half earns $48,590 to $77,040
$60,530 median for Blacksburg metro area; middle half earns $53,440 to $74,450
$58,860 median for Virginia Beach metro area; middle half earns $45,230 to $75,410
$54,350 median for Lynchburg metro area; middle half earns $43,990 to $61,500
$48,880 median for Roanoke metro area; middle half earns $38,320 to $68,330
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
About this estimate These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology .