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Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians pay in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC and Kingston, NY
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians is $62,710 per year in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC. It is $103,180 per year in Kingston, NY. Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC is 39.2% below Kingston, NY on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 29-2010 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 250 wage and salary jobs in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC and 60 in Kingston, NY. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings