Medical Laboratory Technicians
Occupation (2813) - 2026-Q1
- 39.3, Average age
- 8.65%, Workforce with second job
- 6.86%, Informal Workforce
- 14.2, Average years of Schooling
About Medical Laboratory Technicians
#permalink to sectionThe best average salaries received by Medical Laboratory Technicians were in Hidalgo ($17.9k MX), Tamaulipas ($17.2k MX), and Coahuila de Zaragoza ($16k MX) while the workforce was larger in Estado de México (5.85k), Ciudad de México (4.7k), and Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (3.23k).
N/A% of the total informal workers correspond to women with an average salary of $3.35k MX and N/A% to men with an average salary of $8.16k MX.
At the level of states, Zacatecas had the highest percentage of informal workers with 100% corresponding to 238 from 238 workers, while the state with the lowest percentage of informal workers was Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave with a 1.58% corresponding to 51 from 3.23k workers.
Industries
#permalink to sectionWorkforce and Salaries Distribution by Industries
#permalink to sectionThe visualization shows the distribution of Medical Laboratory Technicians in different industries and economic sectors.
At first quarter of 2026, the workforce was higher in Medical Doctors Offices (57.8%), Psychiatric and Addiction Hospitals (27.6%), and General Hospitals (6.31%).
Labor Informality
#permalink to sectionLabor Informality
#permalink to sectionLabor Informality 2026-Q1
- 6.86%, Medical Laboratory Technicians
- 54.8%, Average Informality in Mexico
During the first quarter of 2026, the labor informality of Medical Laboratory Technicians reached a 6.86%, which implied a decrease from 8.72 percentage points compared to the fourth quarter of 2025 (15.6%).
The labor informality of this occupation was lower than informality at the country level in 47.9 percentage points during the first quarter of 2026.
Labor Informality by State
#permalink to sectionGreater Labor Informality: 100%, Zacatecas
Less Labor Informality: 1.58 %, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave
At first quarter of 2026, the states with the highest rate of labor informality in Medical Laboratory Technicians were Zacatecas (100%), Tabasco (100%), and Guerrero (69%).
The states with the lowest informality rate were Nayarit (40.2%), Guanajuato (38.7%), and Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (1.58%).
Labor Informality by Age and Education
#permalink to sectionThe workforce of Medical Laboratory Technicians during the first quarter of 2026 was higher in the age group with 25 to 34 years concentrating 10.9k workers of which 92.1% corresponds to formal employment (10k) and 7.9% to informal employment (861).
Regarding the schooling years, the workforce was higher in the range with N/A concentrating N/A workers of which N/A% corresponds to N/A (N/A) and N/A% corresponds to N/A (N/A).