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Employment of clinical laboratory workers is expected to grow about as fast as the average for all occupations through the year 2010. Expected growth is about 10-20% through 2010.

There were about 295,000 medical technologists and medical laboratory technicians in 2000. About half worked in hospitals. Most of the remaining jobs were found in medical laboratories or offices and clinics of physicians. A small number were in blood banks, research and testing laboratories, and in the Federal Government – at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals and U.S. Public Health Service facilities.

Employment of clinical laboratory workers is expected to grow about as fast as the average for all occupations through the year 2010. Expected growth is about 10-20% through 2010.

Median annual earnings of medial and clinical laboratory technologists were $40,510 in 2000. The middle 50 percent earned between $34,220 and $47,460. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $29,240 and the highest ten percent earned more than $55,560. Median annual earnings in the industries employing the largest number of medical and clinical laboratory technologists in 2000 were as follows:

• Hospitals $40,840
• Medical and dental laboratories 39,780
• Offices and clinics of medical doctors 38,850

Source:

American Society for Clinical Pathology. 3 February 2005

American Medical Technologists. 4 May 2005

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