H1B Report
H-1B salary guideSOC 29-2011Rank #41Updated Jun 2026

Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists

H-1B prevailing-wage data for Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists (SOC 29-2011). Based on 26,708 Labor Condition Applications filed with the US Department of Labor.

Median wage
$72,155
P50 · FY2026
P25 wage
$63,352
lower quartile · FY2026
P75 wage
$80,933
upper quartile · FY2026
Filings
1,040
Rank #41 · FY2026

Wage by DOL prevailing-wage level

P25 / P50 / P75 of offered annual wage at each PW_WAGE_LEVEL. Level I = entry, Level IV = expert — the I-to-IV gap is the career runway.

LevelNP25MedianP75
Level I4,907$55,754$56,576$60,320
Level II6,066$52,187$59,093$68,640
Level III2,551$58,302$65,562$74,610
Level IV1,690$65,629$73,174$87,318
Wage by level (P25 / median / P75): 4 levels
Wage by level (P25 / median / P75)
LevelP25MedianP75
Level I$55,754$56,576$60,320
Level II$52,187$59,093$68,640
Level III$58,302$65,562$74,610
Level IV$65,629$73,174$87,318

Top hiring states

Worksite states with the most filings for this SOC, with the local median wage.

#StateFilingsMedian
1CA3,010$60,320
2FL2,701$56,576
3TX2,201$49,566
4NY1,906$64,247
5IL1,028$58,240
6UT891$65,312
7KS821$50,024
8ND750$54,704
9IA728$53,976
10GA702$52,000

Top sponsoring employers

Who actually files most for this role.

Median wage by fiscal year

How the typical offered wage for this SOC has drifted across fiscal years.

Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$46k
FY2011$47k
FY2012$48k
FY2013$49k
FY2014$50k
FY2015$50k
FY2016$53k
FY2017$56k
FY2018$60k
FY2019$53k
FY2020$57k
FY2021$57k
FY2022$57k
FY2023$61k
FY2024$63k
FY2025$67k
FY2026$72k
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