A person working as a Laboratory Technician in Mauritania typically earns around 14,800 MRO per month. Salaries range from 7,540 MRO (lowest) to 22,800 MRO (highest).
This is the average monthly salary including housing, transport, and other benefits. Laboratory Technician salaries vary drastically based on experience, skills, gender, or location. Below you will find a detailed breakdown based on many different criteria.
Laboratory Technician salaries in Mauritania range from 7,540 MRO per month (minimum salary) to 22,800 MRO per month (maximum salary).
The median salary is 14,500 MRO per month, which means that half (50%) of people working as Laboratory Technician(s) are earning less than 14,500 MRO while the other half are earning more than 14,500 MRO. The median represents the middle salary value. Generally speaking, you would want to be on the right side of the graph with the group earning more than the median salary.
Closely related to the median are two values: the 25th and the 75th percentiles. Reading from the salary distribution diagram, 25% of Laboratory Technician(s) are earning less than 9,920 MRO while 75% of them are earning more than 9,920 MRO. Also from the diagram, 75% of Laboratory Technician(s) are earning less than 18,300 MRO while 25% are earning more than 18,300 MRO.
Both are indicators. If your salary is higher than both of the average and the median then you are doing very well. If your salary is lower than both, then many people are earning more than you and there is plenty of room for improvement. If your wage is between the average and the median, then things can be a bit complicated. We wrote a guide to explain all about the different scenarios. How to compare your salary
The experience level is the most important factor in determining the salary. Naturally the more years of experience the higher your wage. We broke down Laboratory Technician salaries by experience level and this is what we found.
A Laboratory Technician with less than two years of experience makes approximately 8,460 MRO per month.
While someone with an experience level between two and five years is expected to earn 11,000 MRO per month, 31% more than someone with less than two year's experience.
Moving forward, an experience level between five and ten years lands a salary of 15,500 MRO per month, 40% more than someone with two to five years of experience.
Additionally, Laboratory Technician(s) whose expertise span anywhere between ten and fifteen years get a salary equivalent to 18,600 MRO per month, 20% more than someone with five to ten years of experience.
If the experience level is between fifteen and twenty years, then the expected wage is 20,200 MRO per month, 9% more than someone with ten to fifteen years of experience.
Lastly, employees with more than twenty years of professional experience get a salary of 21,800 MRO per month, 8% more than people with fifteen to twenty years of experience.
0 - 2 Years | 8,460 MRO | |
2 - 5 Years | +31% | 11,000 MRO |
5 - 10 Years | +40% | 15,500 MRO |
10 - 15 Years | +20% | 18,600 MRO |
15 - 20 Years | +9% | 20,200 MRO |
20+ Years | +8% | 21,800 MRO |
We all know that higher education equals a bigger salary, but how much more money can a degree add to your income? We broke down Laboratory Technician salaries by education level in order to make a comparison.
When the education level is Bachelor's Degree, the average salary of a Laboratory Technician is 10,400 MRO per month.
While someone with a Master's Degree gets a salary of 18,500 MRO per month, 77% more than someone having a Bachelor's Degree degree.
Bachelor's Degree | 10,400 MRO | |
Master's Degree | +77% | 18,500 MRO |
A Master's degree program or any post-graduate program in Mauritania costs anywhere from 99,400 Ouguiya(s) to 298,000 Ouguiya(s) and lasts approximately two years. That is quite an investment.
You can't really expect any salary increases during the study period, assuming you already have a job. In most cases, a salary review is conducted once education is completed and the degree has been attained.
Many people pursue higher education as a tactic to switch into a higher paying job. The numbers seem to support the thoery. The average increase in compensation while changing jobs is approximately 10% more than the customary salary increment.
If you can afford the costs of higher education, the return on investment is definitely worth it. You should be able to recover the costs in roughly a year or so.
Though gender should not have an effect on pay, in reality, it does. So who gets paid more: men or women? Male Laboratory Technician employees in Mauritania earn 19% more than their female counterparts on average.
Male | 16,200 MRO | |
Female | -16% | 13,600 MRO |
Laboratory Technician(s) in Mauritania are likely to observe a salary increase of approximately 6% every 28 months. The national average annual increment for all professions combined is 5% granted to employees every 28 months.
The term 'Annual Salary Increase' usually refers to the increase in 12 calendar month period, but because it is rarely that people get their salaries reviewed exactly on the one year mark, it is more meaningful to know the frequency and the rate at the time of the increase.
The annual salary Increase in a calendar year (12 months) can be easily calculated as follows: Annual Salary Increase = Increase Rate x 12 ÷ Increase Frequency
Banking | 1% | |
Energy | 2% | |
Information Technology | 3% | |
Healthcare | 4% | |
Travel | 5% | |
Construction | 6% | |
Education | 7% |
Listed above are the average annual increase rates for each industry in Mauritania for the year 2021. Companies within thriving industries tend to provide higher and more frequent raises. Exceptions do exist, but generally speaking, the situation of any company is closely related to the economic situation in the country or region. These figures tend to change frequently.
A Laboratory Technician is considered to be a low bonus-based job due to the generally limited involvement in direct revenue generation, with exceptions of course. The people who get the highest bonuses are usually somehow involved in the revenue generation cycle.
89% of surveyed staff reported that they haven't received any bonuses or incentives in the previous year while 11% said that they received at least one form of monetary bonus.
Those who got bonuses reported rates ranging from 1% to 3% of their annual salary.
Received Bonus | 11% | |
No Bonus | 89% |
The most standard form of bonus where the employee is awarded based on their exceptional performance.
Company Performance BonusesOccasionally, some companies like to celebrate excess earnings and profits with their staff collectively in the form of bonuses that are granted to everyone. The amount of the bonus will probably be different from person to person depending on their role within the organization.
Goal-Based BonusesGranted upon achieving an important goal or milestone.
Holiday / End of Year BonusesThese types of bonuses are given without a reason and usually resemble an appreciation token.
People tend to confuse bonuses with commissions. A commission is a prefixed rate at which someone gets paid for items sold or deals completed while a bonus is in most cases arbitrary and unplanned.
The main two types of jobs | |
Revenue Generators | Supporting Cast |
Employees that are directly involved in generating revenue or profit for the organization. Their field of expertise usually matches the type of business. | Employees that support and facilitate the work of revenue generators. Their expertise is usually different from that of the core business operations. |
Example: | Example: |
Revenue generators usually get more and higher bonuses, higher salaries, and more frequent salary increments. The reason is quite simple: it is easier to quantify your value to the company in monetary terms when you participate in revenue generation.
Top management personnel and senior employees naturally exhibit higher bonus rates and frequencies than juniors. This is very predictable due to the inherent responsibilities of being higher in the hierarchy. People in top positions can easily get double or triple bonus rates than employees down the pyramid.
The hourly wage is the salary paid in one worked hour. Usually jobs are classified into two categories: salaried jobs and hourly jobs. Salaried jobs pay a fix amount regardless of the hours worked. Hourly jobs pay per worked hour. To convert salary into hourly wage the above formula is used (assuming 5 working days in a week and 8 working hours per day which is the standard for most jobs). The hourly wage calculation may differ slightly depending on the worked hours per week and the annual vacation allowance. The figures mentioned above are good approximations and are considered to be the standard. One major difference between salaried employees and hourly paid employees is overtime eligibility. Salaried employees are usually exempt from overtime as opposed to hourly paid staff.
The average salary for Laboratory Technician is 40% less than that of Healthcare Technical. Also, Healthcare Technical salaries are 17% less than those of Health and Medical.
Job Title | Average Salary |
Academic Clinician | 40,600 MRO | ![]() |
Admitting Officer | 14,200 MRO | ![]() |
Ambulance Dispatcher | 15,000 MRO | ![]() |
Ambulance Driver | 14,300 MRO | ![]() |
Ambulance Officer and Paramedic | 15,500 MRO | ![]() |
Ambulatory Services Director | 29,700 MRO | ![]() |
Anatomic Pathology Supervisor | 36,200 MRO | ![]() |
Anesthesia Technician | 22,200 MRO | ![]() |
Anesthesiologist | 64,400 MRO | ![]() |
Anesthesiology Assistant | 22,400 MRO | ![]() |
Assistant Optometrist | 17,700 MRO | ![]() |
Audiologist | 36,200 MRO | ![]() |
Biomedical Engineering Director | 26,600 MRO | ![]() |
Biomedical Engineering Technician | 14,500 MRO | ![]() |
Cardiac Technician | 14,500 MRO | ![]() |
Cardiovascular Specialist | 73,900 MRO | ![]() |
Cardiovascular Technologist | 29,100 MRO | ![]() |
Central Sterile Processing Technician | 17,000 MRO | ![]() |
Charge Entry Specialist | 19,500 MRO | ![]() |
Clinical Application Specialist | 18,900 MRO | ![]() |
Clinical Biochemist | 35,800 MRO | ![]() |
Clinical Cytogeneticist | 28,600 MRO | ![]() |
Clinical Data Reviewer | 17,700 MRO | ![]() |
Clinical Development Specialist | 23,000 MRO | ![]() |
Clinical Field Associate | 19,100 MRO | ![]() |
Clinical Genetic Technologist | 28,300 MRO | ![]() |
Clinical Microbiologist | 39,100 MRO | ![]() |
Clinical Molecular Geneticist | 33,700 MRO | ![]() |
Clinical Neuropsychologist | 41,200 MRO | ![]() |
Clinical Research Coordinator | 22,400 MRO | ![]() |
Clinical Scientist | 38,900 MRO | ![]() |
CME Specialist | 31,200 MRO | ![]() |
CT Technologist | 19,100 MRO | ![]() |
Cytogenetic Technologist | 26,800 MRO | ![]() |
Diagnostic Medical Sonographer | 21,700 MRO | ![]() |
Dispensing Optician | 17,500 MRO | ![]() |
Dosimetrist | 27,100 MRO | ![]() |
EKG Technician | 18,200 MRO | ![]() |
Endoscopic Assistant | 16,300 MRO | ![]() |
Endoscopy Technician | 15,500 MRO | ![]() |
Enterostomal Therapist | 26,000 MRO | ![]() |
Epidemiologist | 32,600 MRO | ![]() |
FGP Ultrasound Techncian | 16,800 MRO | ![]() |
Health Systems Specialist | 23,800 MRO | ![]() |
Health Technologist | 25,000 MRO | ![]() |
Healthcare Data Analyst | 19,100 MRO | ![]() |
Hearing Aid Specialist | 20,400 MRO | ![]() |
Histotechnologist | 24,200 MRO | ![]() |
Immunologist | 37,300 MRO | ![]() |
Industrial Hygienist | 24,900 MRO | ![]() |
Infection Control Coordinator | 18,900 MRO | ![]() |
Infection Control Practitioner | 39,100 MRO | ![]() |
Infection Preventionist | 29,100 MRO | ![]() |
Informatics Practice Specialist | 22,200 MRO | ![]() |
Interventional Radiographer | 30,300 MRO | ![]() |
Lab Assistant | 14,300 MRO | ![]() |
Laboratory Manager | 27,100 MRO | ![]() |
Laboratory Technician | 14,800 MRO | ![]() |
Low Vision Therapist | 32,600 MRO | ![]() |
Mammography Technician | 14,600 MRO | ![]() |
Medical Coder | 13,100 MRO | ![]() |
Medical Courier | 10,600 MRO | ![]() |
Medical Equipment Preparer | 16,200 MRO | ![]() |
Medical Forms Designer | 12,900 MRO | ![]() |
Medical Technologist | 17,800 MRO | ![]() |
MRI Technologist | 15,700 MRO | ![]() |
Music Therapist | 22,800 MRO | ![]() |
Neonatologist | 42,100 MRO | ![]() |
Neurodiagnostic Techncian | 16,300 MRO | ![]() |
Neuropsychology Testing Assistant | 14,600 MRO | ![]() |
Nuclear Medical Technician | 22,600 MRO | ![]() |
Nuclear Medicine Technolgoist | 21,200 MRO | ![]() |
Nutrition Assistant | 15,400 MRO | ![]() |
Occupaitional Therapy Assistant | 17,000 MRO | ![]() |
Operating Room Scheduler | 14,000 MRO | ![]() |
Operating Room Services Director | 45,100 MRO | ![]() |
Ophthalmic Assistant | 16,000 MRO | ![]() |
Ophthalmic Laboratory Technician | 16,600 MRO | ![]() |
Optician | 35,100 MRO | ![]() |
Orthopedic Technician | 17,400 MRO | ![]() |
Orthoptist | 45,600 MRO | ![]() |
Orthotist | 42,800 MRO | ![]() |
Pathology Assistant | 15,300 MRO | ![]() |
Perfusionist | 51,500 MRO | ![]() |
Phlebotomist | 11,500 MRO | ![]() |
Pre Authorization Case Manager | 23,400 MRO | ![]() |
Prosthetist | 38,800 MRO | ![]() |
Radiation Therapist | 55,500 MRO | ![]() |
Radiation Therapy Technologist | 21,500 MRO | ![]() |
Radiographer | 35,300 MRO | ![]() |
Radiography Technologist | 22,300 MRO | ![]() |
Radiologic Technologist | 22,500 MRO | ![]() |
Radiology Technologist | 22,400 MRO | ![]() |
Respiratory Care Practitioner | 40,200 MRO | ![]() |
Respiratory Therapist | 30,300 MRO | ![]() |
Respiratory Therapy Technician | 18,400 MRO | ![]() |
Sonographer | 21,700 MRO | ![]() |
Sonography Technologist | 21,700 MRO | ![]() |
Speech and Language Pathologist | 35,300 MRO | ![]() |
Ultrasonographer | 17,400 MRO | ![]() |
Ultrasound Technologist | 16,900 MRO | ![]() |
Vascular Technologist | 16,300 MRO | ![]() |
X-Ray Technologist | 21,900 MRO | ![]() |
Where can you get paid more, working for a private company or for the government? Public sector employees in Mauritania earn 11% more than their private sector counterparts on average across all sectors.
Private Sector | 18,700 MRO | |
Public Sector | +11% | 20,700 MRO |