Pay distribution $58,610 10th $67,410 25th $107,110 75th $166,840 90th
Half of Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other in the San Jose metro area earn more than $81,170 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $67,410 and $107,110.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $58,610 $67,410 $81,170 $107,110 $166,840 Hourly $28.18 $32.41 $39.02 $51.49 $80.21
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 San Jose metro areathis metro area
$81,170 median for San Jose metro area; middle half earns $67,410 to $107,110
$60,390 median for California; middle half earns $51,080 to $78,330
$50,290 median for United States; middle half earns $44,170 to $64,340
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +34% vs California overall and +61% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $30,220 $55,363 $80,507 $105,650 Ponce, PR — $30,220 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $35,330 Alexandria, LA — $36,340 Lafayette, LA — $36,390 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $36,540 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $37,460 Monroe, LA — $37,870 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $37,930 Sherman-Denison, TX — $37,990 Springfield, MO — $38,080 Texarkana, TX-AR — $38,110 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $38,150 Jacksonville, NC — $38,180 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $38,330 Lake Charles, LA — $38,430 Jackson, MS — $38,480 Rome, GA — $38,650 Baton Rouge, LA — $38,800 Farmington, NM — $38,850 Victoria, TX — $38,890 Monroe, MI — $38,980 Tuscaloosa, AL — $39,050 Harrisonburg, VA — $39,200 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $39,350 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $39,410 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $39,460 Johnstown, PA — $39,590 Winchester, VA-WV — $39,620 Joplin, MO-KS — $39,770 Longview, TX — $39,870 Erie, PA — $39,980 Hattiesburg, MS — $40,170 Sumter, SC — $40,230 Rocky Mount, NC — $40,260 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $40,320 Midland, MI — $40,350 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $40,360 Jefferson City, MO — $40,460 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $40,460 Laredo, TX — $40,670 Lincoln, NE — $40,800 Florence, SC — $40,830 Altoona, PA — $40,870 Tallahassee, FL — $41,320 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $41,540 Idaho Falls, ID — $41,560 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $41,810 Dothan, AL — $42,820 Valdosta, GA — $42,850 Ocala, FL — $43,090 Montgomery, AL — $43,220 Homosassa Springs, FL — $43,410 Salisbury, MD — $43,420 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $43,600 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $43,630 Las Cruces, NM — $43,630 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $43,730 Dalton, GA — $43,780 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $43,800 Columbus, GA-AL — $43,810 Toledo, OH — $43,890 Punta Gorda, FL — $44,040 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $44,040 Columbia, SC — $44,090 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $44,100 York-Hanover, PA — $44,140 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $44,350 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $44,380 Akron, OH — $44,510 State College, PA — $44,530 Terre Haute, IN — $44,630 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $44,650 Lubbock, TX — $44,700 Corpus Christi, TX — $44,740 Lexington Park, MD — $44,830 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $44,840 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $44,920 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $44,960 Williamsport, PA — $44,960 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $44,970 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $45,020 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $45,060 Wilmington, NC — $45,060 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $45,090 Goldsboro, NC — $45,100 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $45,110 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $45,130 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $45,140 Burlington, NC — $45,160 Killeen-Temple, TX — $45,190 Pittsburgh, PA — $45,210 Warner Robins, GA — $45,260 Lynchburg, VA — $45,300 Roanoke, VA — $45,310 El Paso, TX — $45,320 Oklahoma City, OK — $45,330 Hot Springs, AR — $45,340 Canton-Massillon, OH — $45,390 Lancaster, PA — $45,390 Muncie, IN — $45,440 Gainesville, GA — $45,490 Hammond, LA — $45,520 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $45,520 Port St. Lucie, FL — $45,600 Reading, PA — $45,670 San Angelo, TX — $45,670 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $45,700 Fayetteville, NC — $45,700 Lawton, OK — $45,700 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $45,710 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $45,720 Greenville, NC — $45,740 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $45,750 Columbus, OH — $45,790 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $46,010 Knoxville, TN — $46,040 Ogden, UT — $46,100 Bowling Green, KY — $46,110 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $46,110 Yuma, AZ — $46,130 Birmingham, AL — $46,170 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $46,180 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $46,200 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $46,210 Utica-Rome, NY — $46,230 Sandusky, OH — $46,330 Peoria, IL — $46,340 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $46,350 Lebanon, PA — $46,400 Flint, MI — $46,460 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $46,480 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $46,480 Albany, GA — $46,490 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $46,510 Logan, UT-ID — $46,550 Tyler, TX — $46,570 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $46,570 Winston-Salem, NC — $46,570 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $46,610 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $46,800 Bloomington, IN — $46,880 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $46,880 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $46,880 Spartanburg, SC — $46,900 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $46,920 Jonesboro, AR — $46,930 Binghamton, NY — $46,940 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $46,970 St. George, UT — $47,050 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $47,090 Albuquerque, NM — $47,130 Evansville, IN — $47,160 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $47,180 Cedar Rapids, IA — $47,360 Traverse City, MI — $47,360 Lima, OH — $47,390 Mansfield, OH — $47,390 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $47,430 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $47,440 Kankakee, IL — $47,450 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $47,490 Fort Wayne, IN — $47,510 Waco, TX — $47,510 College Station-Bryan, TX — $47,520 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $47,530 St. Louis, MO-IL — $47,570 Columbia, MO — $47,640 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $47,700 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $47,710 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $47,740 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $47,740 Wichita Falls, TX — $47,740 Amarillo, TX — $47,750 Bloomington, IL — $47,880 Jacksonville, FL — $47,900 Elmira, NY — $48,040 Springfield, OH — $48,040 Ames, IA — $48,060 Missoula, MT — $48,060 Fairbanks-College, AK — $48,170 Wausau, WI — $48,200 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $48,220 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $48,230 Savannah, GA — $48,260 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $48,300 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $48,340 Eau Claire, WI — $48,390 Rapid City, SD — $48,440 Cleveland, OH — $48,470 Boise City, ID — $48,520 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $48,520 Omaha, NE-IA — $48,520 Odessa, TX — $48,610 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $48,670 Kansas City, MO-KS — $48,720 Wheeling, WV-OH — $48,760 Kenosha, WI — $48,780 Abilene, TX — $48,880 Tucson, AZ — $48,920 Rockford, IL — $48,970 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $49,050 Grand Junction, CO — $49,100 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $49,240 Fargo, ND-MN — $49,240 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $49,260 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $49,300 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $49,340 Green Bay, WI — $49,350 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $49,370 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $49,410 Kingston, NY — $49,480 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $49,500 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $49,500 Richmond, VA — $49,500 Manhattan, KS — $49,750 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $49,870 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $49,870 El Centro, CA — $49,880 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $49,960 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $50,010 Tulsa, OK — $50,100 Gainesville, FL — $50,150 Battle Creek, MI — $50,180 Rochester, NY — $50,190 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $50,240 Glens Falls, NY — $50,340 Midland, TX — $50,490 Wichita, KS — $50,510 Mankato, MN — $50,520 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $50,670 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $50,760 Pittsfield, MA — $50,900 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $50,960 Syracuse, NY — $51,020 Asheville, NC — $51,040 Sheboygan, WI — $51,170 Reno, NV — $51,260 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $51,350 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $51,480 Beckley, WV — $51,700 Twin Falls, ID — $51,730 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $51,850 Fresno, CA — $52,200 Charleston, WV — $52,210 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $52,230 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $52,360 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $52,380 Merced, CA — $52,570 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $52,640 Duluth, MN-WI — $52,670 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $52,710 Visalia, CA — $52,750 Carson City, NV — $52,780 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $52,970 Ann Arbor, MI — $52,990 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $53,000 Yakima, WA — $53,780 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $53,790 Saginaw, MI — $53,820 Dubuque, IA — $53,890 Redding, CA — $53,910 Vineland, NJ — $53,910 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $54,290 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $54,610 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $54,680 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $55,530 Pueblo, CO — $56,010 Billings, MT — $56,070 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $56,350 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $56,420 Springfield, MA — $56,550 Chico, CA — $56,620 Corvallis, OR — $56,840 Salem, OR — $56,950 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $57,030 Appleton, WI — $57,150 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $57,580 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $57,800 Anchorage, AK — $57,820 Bend, OR — $57,890 New Haven, CT — $57,920 Johnson City, TN — $57,970 Yuba City, CA — $58,080 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $58,100 Worcester, MA — $58,190 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $58,350 Salinas, CA — $58,530 Modesto, CA — $58,650 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $58,780 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $58,820 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $58,830 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $59,010 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $59,060 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $59,060 Medford, OR — $59,080 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $59,210 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $59,540 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $59,560 Urban Honolulu, HI — $59,580 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $59,770 Barnstable Town, MA — $59,880 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $60,280 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $60,430 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $60,510 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $60,580 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $60,710 Colorado Springs, CO — $60,850 Springfield, IL — $60,900 Bellingham, WA — $60,910 Rochester, MN — $60,930 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $60,940 Bismarck, ND — $61,100 Flagstaff, AZ — $61,200 Clarksville, TN-KY — $61,290 Topeka, KS — $61,340 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $61,440 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $61,450 Greeley, CO — $61,470 Portland-South Portland, ME — $61,490 Longview-Kelso, WA — $62,250 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $62,570 Bangor, ME — $62,670 Iowa City, IA — $62,690 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $62,720 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $63,360 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $63,500 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $63,720 Boulder, CO — $63,920 Charlottesville, VA — $64,170 Napa, CA — $64,400 Madison, WI — $64,580 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $64,970 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $66,890 Albany, OR — $68,700 Vallejo, CA — $68,960 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $71,360 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $81,170 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $105,650 San Jose 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 San Jose metro area has the 2nd-highest published median for this occupation among the 338 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 California Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for health technologists and technicians, all other, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
San Jose metro areathis page
$81,170 median for San Jose metro area; middle half earns $67,410 to $107,110
$71,360 median for San Francisco metro area; middle half earns $61,570 to $88,730
$68,960 median for Vallejo metro area; middle half earns $61,830 to $77,390
$64,970 median for Santa Rosa metro area; middle half earns $58,360 to $79,530
$64,400 median for Napa metro area; middle half earns $59,320 to $74,750
$62,570 median for Sacramento metro area; middle half earns $53,550 to $78,590
$60,580 median for San Luis Obispo metro area; middle half earns $49,810 to $74,260
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 .