Top 10 Biotech Jobs Most in Demand over the Next Decade
This is a list of the top 10 research and clinical biotech professions projected to add jobs through 2024, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ 2016-17 Occupational Outlook Handbook. The positions are ranked by the number of expected jobs to be created between 2014 and 2024.
1. Medical & Clinical Lab Technologists/Technicians
52,100 more jobs
2. Medical Scientists
9,000 more jobs
3. Biomedical Engineers
5,100 more jobs
4. Biological Technicians
4,100 more jobs
5. Biochemists & Biophysicists
2,800 more jobs
6. Chemical Technicians
1,200 more jobs
7. (TIE) Zoologists & Wildlife Biologists
800 more jobs
7. (TIE) Microbiologists
800 more jobs
9. Genetic Counselors
700 more jobs
10. Epidemiologists
400 more jobs
