Chemical Lab Tech Salary in the United States

Demanded Skills for the Role:

• Analysis (Mentioned in 11.66% Job Postings): Analysis is the process of considering something carefully or using statistical methods in order to understand it or explain it.
• Quality Control (Mentioned in 3.03% Job Postings): Developing and implementing a set of procedures intended to maintain the quality of a product and reduce any risks or errors.
• Microbiology (Mentioned in 1.99% Job Postings): Microbiology (from Greek μῑκρος, mīkros, "small"; βίος, bios, "life"; and -λογία, -logia) is the study of microorganisms, those being unicellular (single cell), multicellular (cell colony), or acellular (lacking cells). Microbiology encompasses numerous sub-disciplines including virology, parasitology, mycology and bacteriology. Eukaryotic microorganisms possess membrane-bound cell organelles and include fungi and protists, whereas prokaryotic organisms—all of which are microorganisms—are conventionally classified as lacking membrane-bound organelles and include Bacteria and Archaea. Microbiologists traditionally relied on culture, staining, and microscopy. However, less than 1% of the microorganisms present in common environments can be cultured in isolation using current means. Microbiologists often rely on molecular biology tools such as DNA sequence based identification, for example 16s rRNA gene sequence used for bacteria identification.