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

How much do Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians make in Ponce, 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 Ponce, PR is $36,280. The 10th percentile is $27,840 and the 90th percentile is $47,840. Employment is 340.

Median annual wage

$36,280

10th percentile
$27,840
25th percentile
$33,640
Median
$36,280
75th percentile
$40,280
90th percentile
$47,840
Mean
$37,650

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Paramedics in an ambulance. Photograph by Jim Legans, Jr.. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Percentile spread

For Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians, the published 10th percentile is $27,840 and the 90th percentile is $47,840. The difference is $20,000, which is 55.1% 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 $40,280, covers $6,640.

The mean annual wage is $37,650, which sits above the median of $36,280. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Ponce, PR median is 42.3% lower than the national median of $62,930 for Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians.

It is 4% 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 Ponce, 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. Ponce, PR ranks 4th 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).).

  • Arecibo, PR is 30 miles away, with a median of $37,530 and employment of 150. That median is 3.4% higher than the median here.
  • Mayaguez, PR is 34 miles away, with a median of $35,930 and employment of 250. That median is 1% lower than the median here.
  • Guayama, PR is 38 miles away, with a median of $43,350 and employment of 50. That median is 19.5% higher than the median here.

Employment share

Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians accounts for 0.54% of wage-and-salary employment in Ponce, PR (340 of 63,500). Nationally the occupation is 0.21% of employment (332,940 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.50 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 Ponce, PR?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians in Ponce, PR is $36,280. The 10th percentile is $27,840 and the 90th percentile is $47,840. Employment is 340.

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

The local median is 42.3% lower than the national median of $62,930.

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

Arecibo, PR is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 30 miles away, at $37,530. Ponce, PR ranks 4th of 6 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.