Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians in Massachusetts
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$60,855
after federal, FICA and Massachusetts tax
Tax takes
$18,265
23.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$56,223
Massachusetts costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Massachusetts — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$79,120
Kept after tax
$60,855
Worth in national money
$56,223
State rank
4
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Massachusetts's middle earner gets $79,120, putting the state 4 of 51 — about 25.73% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 191 among 485 occupations Massachusetts publishes pay for.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $79,120 the take-home is $60,855. But Massachusetts costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $56,223 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is lower, $77,230, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For clinical laboratory technologists and technicians, Massachusetts sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $79,120, ranking 4 of 51 and running about 25.73% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Position 191 of 485 in Massachusetts places clinical laboratory technologists and technicians in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Massachusetts income tax is $60,855 for clinical laboratory technologists and technicians, from $79,120. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $56,223. ⚠️ This is purchasing power and not a wage; cross-state offer comparisons that stop at the nominal figure systematically overvalue high-cost states. The mean of $77,230 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,360 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $79,120 |
| Top tenth earn over | $105,750 |
| This salary | $79,120 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Massachusetts | $60,855 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,491 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$10,143 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $73,952 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$13,837 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $79,120 as a midpoint for Massachusetts, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $47,360 and the ninetieth is $105,750 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Massachusetts the take-home figure of $60,855, from $79,120, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 191 of 485 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $56,223 uses one figure for the whole of Massachusetts. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 485 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 191.
- The Massachusetts median of $79,120 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $47,360 to $105,750. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Massachusetts is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $60,855 from $79,120. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 191 of 485 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $56,223, worked from $79,120, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Massachusetts address, on work sitting at 191 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $47,360 and the top tenth $105,750 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $56,223 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Massachusetts then takes its own share, leaving $60,855.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($47,360) and the ninetieth ($105,750) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Massachusetts's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $56,223 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $60,855 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Massachusetts income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.