Employment Outlook

Medical laboratory personnel held about 342,900 jobs in the U.S. in  2022 according to statistics from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. There is an expected 5% growth over the next 10 years. More than half of these jobs were in hospitals. Most of the remaining jobs were in the offices of physicians and in medical and diagnostic laboratories. A small proportion were in educational services and in all other ambulatory health care services. Although hospitals are expected to continue to be the major employer of clinical laboratory workers, employment is expected to grow faster in medical and diagnostic laboratories, offices of physicians, and all other ambulatory health care services.

Significant Points according to U.S Department of Labor/Bureau of Labor Statistics

• Employment growth is similar to other careers, as the volume of laboratory tests continues to increase with both population growth and the development of new types of tests.
• Medical laboratory scientists have a bachelor’s degree with a major in clinical laboratory sciences; medical laboratory technicians have an associate’s degree.

Job Outlook

Job opportunities are expected to be excellent because the number of job openings is expected to continue to exceed the number of job seekers. The UWF program services the Gulf Coast from Mobile, Alabama across the panhandle and into central and south Florida. In order to earn a Florida license as a Technologist, a person must graduate from an accredited program.