The salary is what you are able to negotiate.  While the average salaries can
be found for various parts of the country, there may be a wide disparity
between the salary in a state or county facility and private facilities. Before
you negotiate look at the number of jobs that are being advertised in some of
the state and national journals and local newspapers. Currently there is a big
shortage of MLTs, cytotechnologists and histotechnologists.
To me of equal importance to the salaries are the benefits packages, sick
leave, vacation, medical, dental, retirement contributions, shift
differentials. Other important factors to me would be the work load, working
hours, length of service of the individuals there.Unless it is a new facility,
I would be suspicious if  most of the individuals had only been there a year or
so.
Barry

Lee & Peggy Wenk wrote:

> Nothing that I know of is that specific.
>
> For average wages for HT and HTL, in large and small labs/hospitals,
> in various parts of the country, go to the ASCP Board of Registry
> webpage:
>
> http://www.ascp.org/bor
>
> Then click on the Wage and Vacancy Survey.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Peggy A. Wenk, HTL(ASCP)
> William Beaumont Hospital
> Royal Oak, MI 48073
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Histopathology Lab" <histopathology@cvm.msstate.edu>
> To: <slabonte@cvm.tamu.edu>
> Cc: <histonet@pathology.swmed.edu>
> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 5:26 PM
> Subject: pay scale
>
> > Hi histoneters,
> > I was wondering if anyone knew  what the average pay was for someone who
> > has a B.S. in Biology, HT certification, and two years of experience in a
> > histology lab.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> >