How much do Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians make in Burlington, NC?

Percentile spread

For Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians, the published 10th percentile is $36,540 and the 90th percentile is $80,910. The difference is $44,370, which is 87.0% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $41,400 to the 75th at $66,010, covers $24,610.

The mean annual wage is $57,320, which sits above the median of $51,000. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Burlington, NC median is 19% lower than the national median of $62,930 for Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians. In 2024 national prices the local median is $54,723, which is 13% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 15.9% lower than the North Carolina median of $60,650.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Burlington, NC is 93.196, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $51,000 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians at $54,723 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

28 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians. Burlington, NC ranks 23rd of 29 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Greensboro-High Point, NC is 22 miles away, with a median of $57,140 and employment of 690. That median is 12% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $61,530, against $54,723 here.
• Winston-Salem, NC is 53 miles away, with a median of $62,960 and employment of 950. That median is 23.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $68,403, against $54,723 here.
• Raleigh-Cary, NC is 56 miles away, with a median of $59,750 and employment of 1,810. That median is 17.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $60,872, against $54,723 here.

Employment share

Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians accounts for 2.7% of wage-and-salary employment in Burlington, NC (1,820 of 67,830). Nationally the occupation is 0.21% of employment (332,940 of 155,495,730). The local share is 12.53 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.