The American Society for Clinical Pathology’s 2021 Wage Survey of Medical Laboratories in the United States
Taken directly from the study (Garcia, Kundu, Fong, 2022):
Histotechnicians
The national mean (SD) hourly wage for staff-level HT is $28.92 ($7.1) FIGURE 2. Academic hospitals with more than 500 beds pay $29.61, and wages from other facilities were not reported due to small sample size (n < 30). According to survey results, the mean age of a staff HT is 43.2 years.
Lead-level HTs are paid a mean (SD) hourly rate of $31.79 ($6.1) FIGURE 2. The mean age of lead HTs is 46.6 years. Meanwhile, HT supervisors earn a mean (SD) hourly rate of $36.32 ($7.4) FIGURE 2. The mean annual wages of HTs by job level are listed in TABLE 6. Supervisors and managers are aged 51.7 years and 46.8 years on average, respectively.
Overall, all HT respondents are paid the highest in physician’s office laboratories at $34.27 per hour and the least in nonacademic hospitals with 100 to 299 beds at $27.34 FIGURE 7. The mean age for all HT respondents is 45.3 years FIGURE 3.
HT respondents from urban areas comprise 4.8% of all respondents and get paid a mean hourly wage of $30.85 TABLE 7. HTs from urban clusters, 4.0%, receive a mean hourly wage of $29.20 TABLE 7. According to the survey results, an HT has a mean of 19.2 years of total experience in the laboratory field and has been in their current position for 7.9 years FIGURES 4 and 5. Most respondents have also been working as HTs for a mean of 14.7 years FIGURE 6.
The sample sizes (n < 30) were too small for meaningful statistical analysis of mean age by all states, pay rates by all facilities, and states surveyed.
Histotechnologists
The mean (SD) hourly wage for staff HTLs is $29.70 ($7.2) FIGURE 2. Staff HTLs have a mean age of 38.8 years.
Lead-level HTLs are paid a mean (SD) hourly rate of $33.54 ($5.3) FIGURE 2. The mean age of a lead HT is 46.6 years. Supervisor HTLs are 48.1 years on average. The mean annual wages of HTLs by job level are listed in TABLE 6.
Analysis of overall hourly wage for facilities was not performed due to the small sample size (n < 30). The mean age for all HTL respondents is 42.5 years FIGURE 3.
HTLs account for 3.1% of respondents from urban areas with a mean hourly wage of $31.36. In urban clusters, there were 1.7% HTLs who get paid $30.80 an hour TABLE 7. Overall, an HTL has a mean of 17.1 years of total experience in the laboratory field and has been working in their current occupational title for a mean of 7.0 years FIGURES 4 and 5. Most have been working as HTLs for a mean of 13.4 years FIGURE 6.
The overall sample sizes (n < 30) for the occupational levels were too small for meaningful statistical analysis of pay rates by all facilities and states surveyed. For the same reason, analysis of the mean age and wage by state for HTLs was not performed.
Reference:
Edna Garcia, MPH, Iman Kundu, MPH, Karen Fong, The American Society for Clinical Pathology’s 2021 Wage Survey of Medical Laboratories in the United States, American Journal of Clinical Pathology, Volume 158, Issue 6, December 2022, Pages 702–722, https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcp/aqac116
