The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) most recent occupational data put clinical laboratory technician and technologist employment at over 326,000 as of May 2020. Nearly 40,300 clinical lab tech positions were in the four-state Southwestern U.S. region at that time. For clinical lab techs, the Southwestern U.S. was a poor region in terms of pay relative to the national average. The clinical lab tech annual mean wage level in all four Southwestern states lagged the national average, and one state in the region, Oklahoma, ranked among the ten worst in the nation for clinical lab tech annual mean wages. A further review of BLS data from May 2020 yielded the following state-level details about clinical lab tech pay in the Southwestern U.S.:
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Clinical Lab Tech Pay in the Southwestern U.S. |
| State | # Employed | Annual Mean Wages | Wage Rank* |
| AZ | 8,460 | $51,040 | 35th |
| NM | 1,260 | $50,740 | 36th |
| OK | 4,330 | $48,670 | 47th |
| TX | 26,240 | $52,500 | 33rd |
| U.S. | 326,220 | $55,990 | ------- |
(*) annual mean wage ranking among the 50 states
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OES. Data extracted on May 18, 2021
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