SOC 29-2010 · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations · May 2025

How much do Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians make in Fort Collins-Loveland, CO?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians in Fort Collins-Loveland, CO is $63,690. The 10th percentile is $41,520 and the 90th percentile is $101,580. Employment was not published.

Median annual wage

$63,690

10th percentile
$41,520
25th percentile
$54,200
Median
$63,690
75th percentile
$83,200
90th percentile
$101,580
Mean
$72,310

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Cooks in a Washington state kitchen, 1930. Seattle Municipal Archives. Photograph by Seattle Municipal Archives. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Percentile spread

For Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians, the published 10th percentile is $41,520 and the 90th percentile is $101,580. The difference is $60,060, which is 94.3% 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 $54,200 to the 75th at $83,200, covers $29,000.

The mean annual wage is $72,310, which sits above the median of $63,690. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Fort Collins-Loveland, CO median is 1.2% higher than the national median of $62,930 for Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians. In 2024 national prices the local median is $62,980, which is 0.1% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 9.1% lower than the Colorado median of $70,050.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Fort Collins-Loveland, CO is 101.128, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $63,690 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians at $62,980 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

8 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians. Fort Collins-Loveland, CO ranks 7th of 9 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).).

  • Boulder, CO is 39 miles away, with a median of $74,990 and employment of 380. That median is 17.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $71,282, against $62,980 here.
  • Greeley, CO is 58 miles away, with a median of $67,450 and employment of 220. That median is 5.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $67,331, against $62,980 here.
  • Cheyenne, WY is 61 miles away, with a median of $65,320 and employment of 100. That median is 2.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $67,695, against $62,980 here.

Highest-paying jobs in Fort Collins-Loveland, CO · Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians make in Fort Collins-Loveland, CO?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians in Fort Collins-Loveland, CO is $63,690. The 10th percentile is $41,520 and the 90th percentile is $101,580.

How does that compare with the national median for Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians?

The local median is 1.2% higher than the national median of $62,930.

What is Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians pay in Fort Collins-Loveland, CO after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Fort Collins-Loveland, CO is 101.128, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $63,690 is $62,980. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Fort Collins-Loveland, CO compare with nearby metros for Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians?

Boulder, CO is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 39 miles away, at $74,990. Fort Collins-Loveland, CO ranks 7th of 9 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.