A clinical pathologists specializes in the study of laboratory medicine.

Clinical Pathologists Median Salary: $69,300

Critical members of blossoming economies nationwide, clinical pathologists received a median yearly pay of $69,300 in 2010. That annual income works out to an hourly rate of $33.30. Place can play a big role in how much you pull down, but it's nothing compared to how much incomes fluctuate because of education and experience, which means proper training is definitely crucial.

According to the U.S. Department of Labor, in 2010 an approximate 31,390 were employed as clinical pathologists nationwide. The most successful clinical pathologists typically tend to be investigative, enterprising, and social. If you are intending to advance in this field, it's critical to have the right mix of characteristics and fantastic training.

For clinical pathologists, it's important to utilize skills like: Problem Sensitivity Speech Clarity Oral Expression Deductive Reasoning Information Ordering

Clinical pathologists frequently have characteristics in common, including: Dependability Adaptability/Flexibility Integrity

It's useful for clinical pathologists to be familiar with subjects like: Mathematics Customer and Personal Service Administration and Management Education and Training English Language

Typically called on to perform , clinical pathologists need certain training to flourish in their field. Below, you can view everything else you need to know about clinical pathologists employed in metropolitan areas all over the United States, including info on incomes and job density.

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Alabama

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Montgomery	50	NA	NA	NA	NA	19%

Alaska

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Anchorage	70	$73,700	$35.40	$114,700	$55.10	67.2%

Arizona

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Phoenix	360	$51,000	$24.50	$62,300	$30.00	-13.8%
Tucson	100	$61,000	$29.30	$73,400	$35.30	18.2%

California

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Fresno	70	NA	NA	NA	NA	-15%
Los Angeles (Area)	930	$46,900	$22.60	$76,900	$37.00	-27.5%
Modesto	NA	$68,100	$32.80	$166,400+	$80.00+	NA
Oakland	210	NA	NA	NA	NA	-10.5%
Riverside	90	$66,500	$32.00	$79,200	$38.10	-66.4%
Sacramento	50	$86,000	$41.40	$104,400	$50.20	-74.1%
San Diego	160	$64,400	$31.00	$83,000	$39.90	-48.2%
San Francisco (Area)	470	$86,400	$41.50	$120,200	$57.80	0%
San Francisco (City)	260	$70,200	$33.80	$89,600	$43.10	10.5%
San Jose	250	$68,000	$32.70	$93,700	$45.10	19.4%

Colorado

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Denver	280	$69,600	$33.40	$93,700	$45.00	-3.2%
Fort Collins	40	$72,900	$35.00	$91,100	$43.80	24.3%

Connecticut

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Hartford	50	$101,400	$48.80	$126,700	$60.90	-63.2%
New Haven	80	$82,000	$39.40	$93,100	$44.80	27.9%

District of Columbia

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Washington (Area)	4,030	$120,400	$57.90	$136,800	$65.80	474.5%

Florida

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Deltona	50	$53,900	$25.90	$59,700	$28.70	39.3%
Gainesville	210	$71,100	$34.20	$85,300	$41.00	602%
Jacksonville	280	$62,500	$30.10	$75,200	$36.20	97.2%
Lakeland	120	$64,300	$30.90	$82,600	$39.70	149.8%
Miami (Area)	1,250	$65,900	$31.70	$83,100	$40.00	136.4%
Naples	40	$66,500	$32.00	$77,500	$37.30	34.4%
Orlando	200	$64,600	$31.10	$78,600	$37.80	-16.2%
Palm Bay	110	$69,300	$33.30	$79,000	$38.00	124.3%
Pensacola	80	$64,800	$31.20	$76,500	$36.80	123.5%
Port St. Lucie	NA	$64,100	$30.80	$75,400	$36.20	NA
Tallahassee	70	$71,100	$34.20	$91,900	$44.20	70%
Tampa	850	$63,800	$30.70	$78,000	$37.50	214.2%

Georgia

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Atlanta	1,600	$96,900	$46.60	$121,200	$58.30	194.3%

Hawaii

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Honolulu	110	$62,000	$29.80	$79,900	$38.40	4.5%

Idaho

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Boise City	190	$56,900	$27.40	$62,400	$30.00	208.5%

Illinois

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Chicago (Area)	NA	$62,900	$30.30	$81,800	$39.30	NA

Indiana

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Indianapolis	780	$62,400	$30.00	$69,500	$33.40	268.8%
Terre Haute	NA	$72,300	$34.80	$79,500	$38.20	NA

Iowa

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Des Moines	40	$54,400	$26.20	$67,900	$32.70	-53.4%

Louisiana

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Baton Rouge	80	NA	NA	NA	NA	-14.2%
Shreveport	60	NA	NA	NA	NA	40.5%

Maryland

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Baltimore	230	$76,600	$36.80	$113,200	$54.40	-23.9%

Massachusetts

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Boston (Area)	1,430	$57,900	$27.80	$85,300	$41.00	140.1%

Michigan

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Ann Arbor	120	$74,900	$36.00	$94,700	$45.60	156.3%
Detroit (Area)	650	$70,800	$34.10	$98,600	$47.40	55.9%
Flint	60	$69,700	$33.50	$85,600	$41.20	100%
Kalamazoo	40	$71,500	$34.40	$103,900	$50.00	23.1%
Lansing	60	$52,700	$25.40	$64,500	$31.00	25.5%
Saginaw	30	$55,800	$26.90	$60,500	$29.10	59.5%

Minnesota

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Minneapolis	220	$68,900	$33.10	$90,800	$43.60	-48.2%

Missouri

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Kansas City	60	$61,700	$29.70	$92,700	$44.60	-72.5%
St. Louis	100	$56,800	$27.30	$68,900	$33.10	-66.4%

Nebraska

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Omaha	100	$76,500	$36.80	$166,400+	$80.00+	-12.1%

Nevada

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Las Vegas	NA	$66,000	$31.70	$74,500	$35.80	NA

New Jersey

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Trenton	80	$64,900	$31.20	$76,800	$36.90	52.2%
Vineland	60	NA	NA	NA	NA	281.8%

New York

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Buffalo	50	$63,700	$30.60	$93,400	$44.90	-63.2%
New York (Area)	1,900	$79,500	$38.20	$110,100	$52.90	-5.3%
Rochester	150	$59,300	$28.50	$61,200	$29.40	25.5%

North Carolina

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Asheville	40	$63,100	$30.40	$90,900	$43.70	-1.6%
Charlotte	NA	$69,100	$33.20	$73,800	$35.50	NA
Durham	1,150	$60,500	$29.10	$82,800	$39.80	1642.1%
Raleigh	NA	$69,900	$33.60	$74,400	$35.80	NA

North Dakota

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Grand Forks	30	$42,800	$20.60	$47,700	$22.90	174.1%

Ohio

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Cincinnati	280	$79,600	$38.20	$104,800	$50.40	17%
Cleveland	280	$76,300	$36.70	$94,500	$45.40	17%
Columbus	140	$73,400	$35.30	$92,900	$44.70	-36.8%
Dayton	70	$73,300	$35.30	$81,700	$39.30	-26.3%

Oregon

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Bend	40	NA	NA	NA	NA	173.3%
Portland	300	$62,300	$30.00	$73,600	$35.40	26.3%

Pennsylvania

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Allentown	40	$57,100	$27.40	$79,600	$38.30	-46.6%
Philadelphia (Area)	420	$66,100	$31.80	$77,600	$37.30	-35.6%
Pittsburgh	210	$62,700	$30.20	$70,100	$33.70	-20.6%

Rhode Island

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Providence	420	$59,500	$28.60	$74,600	$35.90	216.2%

South Carolina

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Charleston	160	NA	NA	NA	NA	138.1%
Columbia	60	$59,300	$28.50	$67,400	$32.40	-23.9%
Greenville	NA	$109,700	$52.80	$144,800	$69.60	NA

Tennessee

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Memphis	60	$53,800	$25.90	$61,700	$29.70	-61.5%

Texas

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Austin	NA	$68,800	$33.10	$83,100	$40.00	NA
Dallas (Area)	130	$67,900	$32.60	$84,900	$40.80	-82.2%
Houston	330	$57,100	$27.40	$67,100	$32.30	-46.2%
San Antonio	160	$75,700	$36.40	$95,500	$45.90	-21.5%

Virginia

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Richmond	NA	$67,500	$32.50	$83,800	$40.30	NA
Virginia Beach	70	$69,300	$33.30	$88,300	$42.50	-60.7%

Washington

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Seattle (Area)	320	$67,400	$32.40	$84,500	$40.60	-20.2%
Spokane	60	NA	NA	NA	NA	13.8%

West Virginia

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Morgantown	50	$92,800	$44.60	$109,600	$52.70	265.6%

Wisconsin

City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Appleton	60	NA	NA	NA	NA	116.6%
Green Bay	NA	$74,000	$35.60	$89,400	$43.00	NA
Madison	70	$57,900	$27.80	$92,700	$44.60	-10.1%
Milwaukee	NA	$64,900	$31.20	$72,800	$35.00	NA

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