PAY TRANSPARENCY: Medical Laboratory Scientist 🧪🔬💰 I often get asked the question “how much money do you make as a scientist? You must make a lot of money as a scientist!” To be honest… It all varies by state, years of experience, and job title… So I’d like for the community to get a better gauge of the hourly rates and salaries of medical technologists AKA medical laboratory, scientists or clinical laboratory scientists. I’ll go first… $21.43/hour: My first job in New Jersey, brand new tech,