DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

29-2012 Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians

Occupational Description:

Perform routine medical laboratory tests for the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease. May work under the supervision of a medical technologist.

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to Third Quarter, 2012
					Percentiles
Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Mean	Mean SE*	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
EDR 7E- East Central	60	4	$21.95/hr	$0.58/hr	$17.36/hr	$19.69/hr	$21.50/hr	$23.31/hr	$28.14/hr
Minnesota	2,820	127	$21.36/hr	$0.23/hr	$15.61/hr	$18.17/hr	$21.24/hr	$24.22/hr	$28.15/hr
U S	156,860	1,882	$19.14/hr	$0.08/hr	$12.08/hr	$14.46/hr	$18.15/hr	$22.85/hr	$28.16/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.

Leading Industries for Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
Industry	OES Employment	OES Median Wage
Education and Health Services	60	$21.50/hr

Other Regional Data For Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
Geography (click title for details)	OES		Projections
Geography (click title for details)	Employment	Median Wage	% Change -
EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	1,270	$21.91/hr	N/A
EDR 10 - Southeast	370	$22.72/hr	N/A
EDR 3 - Arrowhead	280	$20.20/hr	N/A
EDR 7W- Central	190	$20.35/hr	N/A
EDR 9 - South Central	140	$20.18/hr	N/A
EDR 4 - West Central	120	$19.58/hr	N/A
EDR 5 - North Central	100	$20.52/hr	N/A
EDR 6E- Southwest Central	80	$20.57/hr	N/A
EDR 8 - Southwest	70	$20.94/hr	N/A
EDR 7E- East Central	60	$21.50/hr	N/A
EDR 2 - Headwaters	60	$17.29/hr	N/A
EDR 1 - Northwest	60	$20.54/hr	N/A
EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	50	$21.15/hr	N/A

Related Occupations
Occupation (click title for details)	OES		Projections
Occupation (click title for details)	Employment	Median Wage	% Change -
Pharmacists	70	$55.38/hr	N/A
Compliance Officers, Except Agriculture, Construction, Health and Safety, and Transportation	50	$24.48/hr	N/A
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists	50	$29.65/hr	N/A

Tasks for Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians

Conducts quantitative and qualitative chemical analyses of body fluids, such as blood, urine, and spinal fluid.
Conducts blood tests for transfusion purposes.
Tests vaccines for sterility and virus inactivity.
Draws blood from patient, observing principles of asepsis to obtain blood sample.
Prepares standard volumetric solutions and reagents used in testing.
Inoculates fertilized eggs, broths, or other bacteriological media with organisms.
Incubates bacteria for specified period and prepares vaccines and serums by standard laboratory methods.
Performs blood counts, using microscope.