Medical Technologist

What the Numbers Say About Medical Technologist

Federal agencies employ 6,218 people in the Medical Technologist occupation (OPM code 644), accounting for 0.3% of the total federal civilian workforce of 2,289,472 for the March 2025 reporting window. Headcount in this occupation moved up by 0.7% versus the prior period, a useful gauge for job seekers on USAJOBS trying to assess whether this role is expanding government-wide or contracting under hiring freezes and attrition.

The average salary for Medical Technologist is $108,045 per year, placing it 1.7% below the overall federal civilian average of $109,869. Salaries moved up by 4.5% from the prior period, a broad shift as locality pay tables and grade-level adjustments moved through the workforce. Average length of service in this role is 11.1 years, a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career.

The Medical, Hospital, Dental, and Public Health Group family (code 6) groups Medical Technologist together with 44 other related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Medical Technologist postings should also review these sibling occupations, since federal hiring managers often cross-post positions across closely related codes when recruitment is difficult. All figures here come directly from OPM FedScope Employment Cubes, the same official source referenced in federal workforce planning, budget justifications, and GAO reports.

Medical Technologist makes up 1.7% of the 356,984 employees across the Medical, Hospital, Dental, and Public Health Group family, ranking #11 of 45 occupations in that family by headcount. Its average salary ranks in the top half (62nd percentile) of pay among Medical, Hospital, Dental, and Public Health Group occupations.