What is the annual salary of a medical laboratory technician?

Medical laboratory technicians receive an average annual salary of about $37,240, as of May 2012, according to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The average hourly wage of medical laboratory technicians is about $19.59.

The lower 10 percent salaries of medical laboratory technicians were less than $24,790 and the highest 10 percent were more than $57,710, as noted by the BLS. In the United States, California has the highest employment of medical laboratory technicians followed by Texas, Pennsylvania, New York and North Carolina. Rhode Island has the highest average salary for medical laboratory technicians in the United States with $59,550 per year, followed by Vermont with $51,450.