Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians salary in California

SOC 29-2010 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$76,010

per year in California

Middle half

$56,700–$89,480

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

29,210

in California

Concentration

0.75×

share of workforce vs. U.S.

How local pay compares

California

$76,010

published median

United States

$62,930

20.8% above the national median

Rank among states and DC

7th

51 with a published estimate

After local prices: the $76,010 median has purchasing power comparable to about $68,651 nationally. California's BEA regional price parity is 110.7 (2024).

What the local range looks like

The wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the darker section is the middle half, and the tick is the median for California.

$47,580$126,870

Getting in

Typical education to enter: Bachelor's degree
Related work experience: None
On-the-job training: None

Narrow to a metro in California

Every linked area below has a published estimate for clinical laboratory technologists and technicians. Missing areas were withheld by BLS rather than measured at zero.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	Metro area	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Vallejo, CA	$86,250	108.5	220	0.73×
2	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$84,870	110.4	1,870	0.77×
3	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$84,200	107.8	340	0.77×
4	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$84,130	115.6	5,210	1.03×
5	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$83,150	106.7	2,020	0.87×
6	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$83,100	109.9	80	0.39×
7	Redding, CA	$81,220	100.7	80	0.49×
8	Napa, CA	$80,070	112.6	50	0.33×
9	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$76,920	110.5	270	0.39×
10	Modesto, CA	$76,110	104.1	360	0.87×
11	Stockton-Lodi, CA	$74,840	105.1	370	0.60×
12	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$67,430	113.6	10,150	0.76×
13	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$63,770	111.9	2,740	0.83×
14	Bakersfield-Delano, CA	$63,210	100.9	360	0.50×
15	Salinas, CA	$62,770	109.0	110	0.28×
16	Fresno, CA	$62,160	102.2	600	0.59×
17	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$62,040	108.6	70	0.25×
18	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$61,910	106.4	1,530	0.42×
19	Chico, CA	$59,520	101.2	170	0.99×
20	El Centro, CA	$58,240	95.2	50	0.36×
21	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$53,640	108.8	240	0.55×
22	Visalia, CA	$51,500	99.8	90	0.25×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where clinical laboratory technologists and technicians wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

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