Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
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Automation risk
High Risk (61-80%): Jobs in this category face a significant threat from automation, as many of their tasks can be easily automated using current or near-future technologies.
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User poll
Our visitors have voted they are unsure if this occupation will be automated. However, the automation risk level we have generated suggests a much higher chance of automation: 78% chance of automation.
What do you think the risk of automation is?
What is the likelihood that Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians will be replaced by robots or artificial intelligence within the next 20 years?
Sentiment
The following graph(s) are included wherever there is a substantial amount of votes to render meaningful data. These visual representations display user poll results over time, providing a significant indication of sentiment trends.
Sentiment over time (yearly)
Growth
The number of 'Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians' job openings is expected to rise 6.6% by 2031
Total employment, and estimated job openings
Updated projections are due 09-2023.
Wages
In 2022, the median annual wage for 'Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians' was $57,380, or $27 per hour
'Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians' were paid 23.9% higher than the national median wage, which stood at $46,310
Wages over time
Volume
As of 2022 there were 333,600 people employed as 'Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians' within the United States.
This represents around 0.23% of the employed workforce across the country
Put another way, around 1 in 443 people are employed as 'Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians'.
Job description
Perform routine medical laboratory tests for the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease. May work under the supervision of a medical technologist.
SOC Code: 29-2012.00
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Comments
Automation can assist in processing a large number of specimens, but when it comes to ensuring the accuracy of the results and the laboratory data, and making sense of it based on the clinical presentation of symptoms and diagnosis, that's a whole different story.
Now it's clear lab techs can be replaced easily because of "less or no patient contact".
I'll better go with radiography
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