Counted October 17, 2026 · from employers’ own postings
Clinical Laboratory Scientist: $64K median posted pay.
From 157 salary bands employers posted on 163 open clinical laboratory scientist roles in healthcare. Never an estimate.
The ladder, by level
What each rung pays.
| Level | Open roles | Median posted band | Middle half |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | 11 | $83K | — |
| Mid | 1 | — (1 of 8 bands) | — |
Levels as the postings name them. A rung shows a median only where eight or more postings at that level carried a band.
Who is hiring
The employers with the most open.
| Employer | Open roles | Entry level |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 93 | — |
| Military Treatment Facilities under DHA | 25 | — |
| Veterans Health Administration | 18 | — |
| Guidehouse | 5 | — |
| BillionToOne | 4 | — |
| Labcorp | 3 | — |
| Usc (Externalusccareers) | 3 | — |
| Usc (ExternalKeckUSCCareers) | 3 | — |
| OU Health | 2 | — |
| Indian Health Service | 2 | — |
Counted from employers’ own job boards. The ten with the most open clinical laboratory scientist roles tonight.
The skills, as the postings name them
What these postings ask for.
| Skill | Postings | At entry |
|---|---|---|
| Laboratory Science | 106 | — |
| Laboratory Testing | 97 | — |
| Process Documentation | 95 | — |
| Hazmat Handling | 91 | — |
| ISO Standards | 90 | — |
| Root Cause Analysis | 11 | — |
| Interpreting and Translation | 11 | — |
| Accessibility | 10 | — |
| Project Management | 8 | — |
| Inventory Control | 8 | — |
Where the work is
0% of these roles are remote.
- Remote0%0 roles
- Hybrid0%0 roles
- On site98%159 roles
- Not stated2%4 roles
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How this was counted
Every figure is counted from 163 open postings read from employers’ own job boards on October 17, 2026, and recounted every night. Pay is the band the employer posted — never an estimate, never a model — and 157 of these postings carried one. Titles are grouped by the words the postings use, with levels, shifts and schedules removed, so “Senior Clinical Laboratory Scientist (Nights)” counts here too. 100% of roles with this title sit in healthcare, which is why this page belongs to that career. A title gets a page only where twenty-five or more roles are open, eight or more of them posted a band, three or more employers are hiring for it and four in five of its postings sit in one career, so no page here is a guess.