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Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists

Occupation · SOC 2018 29-2011 · United States

SOC 2018 code
29-2011
Share of U.S. applications
0.31%
Applications on record
38,178
FY2025
5,227
Median offered wage
$66,030
Certified (last three years)
99.5%
Main route
H-1B
Median wage$66,030certified LCAs, FY2024–FY2026
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Labor condition, PERM and H-2 applications classified as Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists (SOC 29-2011). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists

2,6145,227FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
2,6145,227FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY2008205
FY2009450
FY20101,607
FY20111,477
FY20121,391
FY20131,139
FY20141,306
FY20151,111
FY20161,207
FY20171,275
FY20181,891
FY20191,262
FY20201,473
FY20212,411
FY20223,165
FY20233,803
FY20243,801
FY20255,227
FY2026*3,977
Fiscal yearCW-1LCAPERM
FY2026*11,7782,198
FY202582,8232,396
FY202402,6371,164
FY202302,6371,166
FY202202,391774
FY202171,758646
FY202061,130337
FY20194945313
FY201801,614277
FY201701,125150
FY201601,007200
FY20150881230
FY201401,093213
FY201301,008131
FY201201,143248
FY201101,231246
FY201001,226381
FY20090291159
FY200800205
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Largest sponsoring employers

Employers with the most applications in this occupation, all years.

Applications by employer
  1. Management Health Systems, LLC6,259
  2. Conexus MedStaff LLC1,593
  3. ARUP Laboratories1,018
  4. Health Carousel, LLC975
  5. Quest Diagnostics Incorporated920
  6. Comtrix Solutions, Inc.705
  7. Cosmic Healthcare, LLC508
  8. Mayo Clinic397
  9. Ochsner Clinic Foundation280
  10. Guardian Healthcare Providers, Inc.266
  11. Sanford Health226
  12. Appalachian Regional Healthcare, Inc210
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Where the jobs are

Worksite state and metropolitan area (Census CBSA).

Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists: applications by worksite state

13+83+240+463+845+
13+83+240+463+845+
Data table
StateApplications
FL4,804
CA3,817
TX3,662
NY2,435
IL1,326
UT1,174
KS1,169
ND988
IA956
GA922
OH902
MO845
NE842
OK770
PA674
VA659
MN617
MD605
MA598
KY525
WA509
IN464
NJ463
AR457
LA451
AZ428
MI382
CO357
MT317
NC306
NM282
TN279
AL277
NV240
CT216
NH214
OR208
SD200
DC192
WI125
ID121
ME114
WY103
WV96
AK83
GU76
VT69
MS55
SC45
MP41
HI36
RI30
VI22
DE20
PR13
Metropolitan areas
  1. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL2,719
  2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA2,103
  3. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ1,527
  4. Salt Lake City-Murray, UT1,066
  5. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX1,043
  6. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN788
  7. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV777
  8. Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL483
  9. Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN480
  10. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH462
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2024–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $66,030; middle half $58,240 to $75,925 · median prevailing wage $49,795 (marker) · 7,044 applications.

$40k$55k$70k$85k$100k
$40k$55k$70k$85k$100k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I1,889
  2. Level II2,917
  3. Level III1,292
  4. Level IV843
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Medical Technologist10,924
  2. Clinical Laboratory Scientist4,097
  3. Medical Laboratory Scientist1,403
  4. Medical Laboratory Scientist II631
  5. Medical Technologist II511
  6. Medical Laboratory Technologist449
  7. Clinical Laboratory Technologist425
  8. Staff Medical Technologist337
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Pages for this occupation by metropolitan area

Areas with at least 50 LCA and PERM applications since FY2020.

  • Abilene, TX
  • Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
  • Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA
  • Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
  • Bismarck, ND
  • Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
  • Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT
  • Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY
  • Burlington, IA-IL
  • Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
  • Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
  • Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
  • Cleveland, OH
  • Columbus, OH
  • Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
  • Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL
  • Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH
  • Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
  • Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO
  • Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
  • El Centro, CA
  • Fargo, ND-MN
  • Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
  • Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN
  • Jacksonville, FL
  • Kansas City, MO-KS
  • Lawton, OK
  • Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT
  • Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
  • Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
  • Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
  • Massena-Ogdensburg, NY
  • Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
  • New Orleans-Metairie, LA
  • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
  • Ocala, FL
  • Omaha, NE-IA
  • Oneonta, NY
  • Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
  • Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
  • Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
  • Pittsburgh, PA
  • Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
  • Rochester, MN
  • Rochester, NY
  • Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA
  • Salt Lake City-Murray, UT
  • San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
  • Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
  • Sebring, FL
  • Sioux City, IA-NE-SD
  • Sioux Falls, SD-MN
  • Springfield, MA
  • St. Louis, MO-IL
  • Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
  • Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
  • Williston, ND
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

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