How much do Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians make in Rochester, NY?

Percentile spread

For Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians, the published 10th percentile is $46,330 and the 90th percentile is $99,860. The difference is $53,530, which is 65.9% 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 $62,230 to the 75th at $93,500, covers $31,270.

The mean annual wage is $77,010, which sits below the median of $81,290. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Rochester, NY median is 29.2% higher than the national median of $62,930 for Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians. In 2024 national prices the local median is $83,774, which is 33.1% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 16.4% lower than the New York median of $97,280.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Rochester, NY is 97.035, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $81,290 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians at $83,774 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

16 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians. Rochester, NY ranks 4th of 17 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).).

• Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY is 62 miles away, with a median of $78,050 and employment of 710. That median is 4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $81,434, against $83,774 here.
• Syracuse, NY is 70 miles away, with a median of $79,250 and employment of 480. That median is 2.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $82,775, against $83,774 here.
• Watertown-Fort Drum, NY is 94 miles away, with a median of $81,330 and employment of 60. That median is about the same as the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $92,747, against $83,774 here.

Employment share

Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians accounts for 0.23% of wage-and-salary employment in Rochester, NY (1,140 of 494,280). Nationally the occupation is 0.21% of employment (332,940 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.08 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.