Laboratory Technician salary
What a laboratory technician actually earns, from 109 live job postings blended with the official US OEWS (Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) wage anchor. Pick a market for its median and range, then read the seniority split, the trend, and the country comparison below. Updated 2026-09-22.
What the number means
A laboratory technician earns a blended US median near 85,883 dollars, with the typical middle running from 67,681 dollars to 95,750 dollars. Demand is rated high, and 1% of postings are fully remote. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is pharmacy technician, at 28 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
Open laboratory technician roles
Live openings, freshest first. Apply at the source.
- Asistente de control de calidad para laboratorio at Hilos AyE de Costa RicaHeredia, Heredia1d agoApply
Biological Science Laboratory Technician at Agricultural Research ServiceMadison, Wisconsin$50k–$80k1d agoApply- BMA/Laborant:in, Diagnostikzentrum Parasitologie at Universität ZürichZürich, Zürich, Switzerland1d agoApply
- Laborant at Dottikon Exclusive Synthesis AGDottikon, Aargau, Switzerland1d agoApply
ANALISTA DE LABORATORIO - GEOQUIMICA ENSAYOS AL FUEGO at SgsCallao, PE1d agoUnlock- Analista Junior de Laboratorio de Alimentos (Físico - Químico) at SgsGuayaquil, EC1d agoUnlock
Roles that pay more, that these skills already reach
Median pay from each destination’s own postings, with the readiness a laboratory technician profile already covers.
- 99 open pharmacist roles$149,831 median · +$63,948 · 34% readiness
- 780 open nurse practitioner roles$135,942 median · +$50,059 · 32% readiness
- 142 open production supervisor roles$102,233 median · +$16,350 · 32% readiness
Every measured move out of this role, ranked by readiness: alternative careers for a laboratory technician.
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Related salaries
- Manufacturing Technician salary$54,537 median
- Pharmacist salary$149,831 median
- Production Supervisor salary$102,233 median
Quick answers
How much does a laboratory technician make?
The blended US median is about 85,883 dollars, with a typical range from 67,681 dollars to 95,750 dollars.
Is laboratory technician a good career in 2026?
Demand for the role is rated high in our July 2026 corpus, with 1% of postings fully remote. The pay is shown above by seniority and by country.
What can a laboratory technician move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is pharmacy technician, at 28 percent skill coverage. Run the instrument for the full set of reachable moves.
Method: bands are the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of live US postings with stated pay, shrunk toward the official OEWS anchor by sample size (the “blended” figure). Trend is the OEWS annual median for SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code 29-2012. Live corpus 109 observations, 2026-09-22. Definitions in the glossary.