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

How much do Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians make in Mayaguez, PR?

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 Mayaguez, PR is $35,930. The 10th percentile is $30,610 and the 90th percentile is $50,280. Employment is 250.

Median annual wage

$35,930

10th percentile
$30,610
25th percentile
$33,640
Median
$35,930
75th percentile
$42,840
90th percentile
$50,280
Mean
$38,630

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians, the published 10th percentile is $30,610 and the 90th percentile is $50,280. The difference is $19,670, which is 54.7% 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 $33,640 to the 75th at $42,840, covers $9,200.

The mean annual wage is $38,630, which sits above the median of $35,930. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Mayaguez, PR median is 42.9% lower than the national median of $62,930 for Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians.

It is 4.9% lower than the Puerto Rico median of $37,790.

Price-adjusted pay

The Bureau of Economic Analysis has not published a 2024 all-items regional price parity for Mayaguez, PR, so this page does not show a price-adjusted wage.

Nearby metros

5 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians. Mayaguez, PR ranks 5th of 6 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).).

  • Aguadilla, PR is 26 miles away, with a median of $34,160 and employment of 160. That median is 4.9% lower than the median here.
  • Ponce, PR is 34 miles away, with a median of $36,280 and employment of 340. That median is 1% higher than the median here.
  • Arecibo, PR is 39 miles away, with a median of $37,530 and employment of 150. That median is 4.5% higher than the median here.

Employment share

Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians accounts for 0.48% of wage-and-salary employment in Mayaguez, PR (250 of 52,110). Nationally the occupation is 0.21% of employment (332,940 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.24 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.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians make in Mayaguez, PR?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians in Mayaguez, PR is $35,930. The 10th percentile is $30,610 and the 90th percentile is $50,280. Employment is 250.

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

The local median is 42.9% lower than the national median of $62,930.

How does Mayaguez, PR compare with nearby metros for Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians?

Aguadilla, PR is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 26 miles away, at $34,160. Mayaguez, PR ranks 5th of 6 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.