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Medical, dental, & ophthalmic laboratory technicians are most often employed by the Medical equipment & supplies manufacturing industry. The average yearly wage for Medical, dental, & ophthalmic laboratory technicians was $36,178 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Medical, dental, & ophthalmic laboratory technicians by wage are Photographers, Licensed practical & licensed vocational nurses and Motion picture projectionists. Medical, dental, & ophthalmic laboratory technicians are part of the Production Occupations category, along with Firstline supervisors of production & operating workers; Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, & systems assemblers; Electrical, electronics, & electromechanical assemblers; Engine & other machine assemblers; Structural metal fabricators & fitters; and Miscellaneous assemblers & fabricators.
The top 3 locations that employ the most Medical, dental, & ophthalmic laboratory technicians are Sherburne & Benton Counties PUMA, MN, Lake Forest, Irvine (North) Cities & Silverado PUMA, CA and Germantown & Montgomery Village PUMA, MD. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Medical, dental, & ophthalmic laboratory technicians are Sherburne & Benton Counties PUMA, MN, Germantown & Montgomery Village PUMA, MD and Independence, Cleburne, Van Buren, Sharp, Izard, Stone & Fulton Counties PUMA, AR.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Medical, dental, & ophthalmic laboratory technicians and on wages and locations for those in the field. Medical equipment & supplies manufacturing is the industry that employs the most Medical, dental, & ophthalmic laboratory technicians, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Medical, dental, & ophthalmic laboratory technicians, by average wage, is Commercial & service industry machinery manufacturing. Medical, dental, & ophthalmic laboratory technicians are paid most in Omaha City (Northwest) PUMA, NE but are relatively concentrated in Sherburne & Benton Counties PUMA, MN.
Demographic information on Medical, dental, & ophthalmic laboratory technicians in the US. The average age of male Medical, dental, & ophthalmic laboratory technicians in the workforce is 44.2 and of female Medical, dental, & ophthalmic laboratory technicians is 41.3, and the most common race/ethnicity for Medical, dental, & ophthalmic laboratory technicians is White.
Data on higher education choices for Medical, dental, & ophthalmic laboratory technicians from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Medical, dental, & ophthalmic laboratory technicians is Health but a relatively high number of Medical, dental, & ophthalmic laboratory technicians hold a major in Communications.
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Medical, dental, & ophthalmic laboratory technicians from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Medical, dental, & ophthalmic laboratory technicians need many skills, but most especially Quality Control Analysis, Operation Monitoring, and Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Medical, dental, & ophthalmic laboratory technicians need more than the average amount of Repairing, Equipment Selection, and Equipment Maintenance.
Projections on wages and job growth for Medical, dental, & ophthalmic laboratory technicians from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The ten-year national workforce is projected to grow 7.4%, but Medical, dental, & ophthalmic laboratory technicians are expected to see a growth of 13.4% over the same period. This occupation is expected to grow faster than the national average.
