Counted October 17, 2026 · from employers’ own postings
Laboratory Technician: $66K median posted pay.
From 8 salary bands employers posted on 44 open laboratory technician roles in science & clinical research. Never an estimate.
The ladder, by level
What each rung pays.
| Level | Open roles | Median posted band | Middle half |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid | 3 | — (0 of 8 bands) | — |
| Senior | 1 | — (0 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Avantor | 5 | — |
| Saputo | 3 | — |
| Avera | 2 | — |
| NCH | 2 | — |
| CSA Group | 2 | — |
| Cleveland Clinic | 2 | — |
| Stefanini | 2 | — |
| Zoetis | 2 | — |
| Slrconsulting | 1 | — |
| Neogen | 1 | — |
Counted from employers’ own job boards. The ten with the most open laboratory technician roles tonight.
The skills, as the postings name them
What these postings ask for.
| Skill | Postings | At entry |
|---|---|---|
| Spreadsheet Analysis | 14 | — |
| Investigation | 9 | — |
| Customer Service | 9 | — |
| Housekeeping | 8 | — |
| Laboratory Science | 7 | — |
| Continuous Improvement | 7 | — |
| Presentation Software | 6 | — |
| Specimen Collection | 6 | — |
| Equipment Calibration | 6 | — |
| Supply Chain Coordination | 5 | — |
Where the work is
0% of these roles are remote.
- Remote0%0 roles
- Hybrid0%0 roles
- On site66%29 roles
- Not stated34%15 roles
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How this was counted
Every figure is counted from 44 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 8 of these postings carried one. Titles are grouped by the words the postings use, with levels, shifts and schedules removed, so “Senior Laboratory Technician (Nights)” counts here too. 100% of roles with this title sit in science & clinical research, 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.