Medical and clinical laboratory technicians are below average when it comes to happiness.
At CareerExplorer, we conduct an ongoing survey with millions of people and ask them how satisfied they are with their careers. As it turns out, medical and clinical laboratory technicians rate their career happiness 2.9 out of 5 stars which puts them in the bottom 27% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy medical and clinical laboratory technicians are to similar careers in the industry. Take a look at the results below:
Salaries and satisfaction ratings in similar careers
| Career | Satisfaction | Avg Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Diagnostic medical sonographer | 3.0 | $74k |
| Optometrist | 3.0 | $115k |
| Hearing aid specialist | 2.9 | $53k |
| Chemical technician | 2.9 | $47k |
| Medical appliance technician | 2.9 | $41k |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technician | 2.9 | $31k |
| Radiologic technologist | 2.9 | $54k |
| Hospitalist | 2.9 | $201k |
| Respiratory therapist | 2.9 | $53k |
| Ophthalmic medical technician | 2.9 | $35k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are medical and clinical laboratory technicians happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do medical and clinical laboratory technicians find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as medical and clinical laboratory technicians?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are medical and clinical laboratory technician’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are medical and clinical laboratory technicians making the best use of their abilities?
Are medical and clinical laboratory technicians happy with their salary?
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians rated their satisfaction with their salaries 2.9/5. Medical and clinical laboratory technicians tend to be quite unhappy with their salary, with very few reporting satisfaction with their pay.
We asked medical and clinical laboratory technicians how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
2.9 out of 5 stars
765 medical and clinical laboratory technicians
9% of medical and clinical laboratory technicians rated their compensation 5 stars
24% of medical and clinical laboratory technicians rated their compensation 4 stars
28% of medical and clinical laboratory technicians rated their compensation 3 stars
23% of medical and clinical laboratory technicians rated their compensation 2 stars
16% of medical and clinical laboratory technicians rated their compensation 1 stars
Do medical and clinical laboratory technicians find their jobs meaningful?
On average, medical and clinical laboratory technicians rate the meaningfulness of their work a 2.8/5. While most medical and clinical laboratory technicians aren’t very fulfilled by their work, some people may still manage to find meaning in it.
We asked medical and clinical laboratory technicians how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
2.8 out of 5 stars
769 medical and clinical laboratory technicians
13% of medical and clinical laboratory technicians rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
18% of medical and clinical laboratory technicians rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
23% of medical and clinical laboratory technicians rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
25% of medical and clinical laboratory technicians rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
21% of medical and clinical laboratory technicians rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as medical and clinical laboratory technicians?
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.6/5. The majority of medical and clinical laboratory technicians find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked medical and clinical laboratory technicians how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
3.6 out of 5 stars
839 medical and clinical laboratory technicians
24% of medical and clinical laboratory technicians rated their career fit 5 stars
35% of medical and clinical laboratory technicians rated their career fit 4 stars
25% of medical and clinical laboratory technicians rated their career fit 3 stars
10% of medical and clinical laboratory technicians rated their career fit 2 stars
6% of medical and clinical laboratory technicians rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is a medical and clinical laboratory technician’s work environment?
As a whole, medical and clinical laboratory technicians rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.4/5. A solid majority of medical and clinical laboratory technicians enjoy their work environment, probably contributing to overall higher satisfaction with working as a medical and clinical laboratory technician.
We asked medical and clinical laboratory technicians how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.4 out of 5 stars
834 medical and clinical laboratory technicians
20% of medical and clinical laboratory technicians rated their work environment 5 stars
30% of medical and clinical laboratory technicians rated their work environment 4 stars
26% of medical and clinical laboratory technicians rated their work environment 3 stars
15% of medical and clinical laboratory technicians rated their work environment 2 stars
8% of medical and clinical laboratory technicians rated their work environment 1 stars
Are medical and clinical laboratory technicians making the best use of their abilities?
Former medical and clinical laboratory technicians on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 2.9/5. Medical and clinical laboratory technicians tend to feel that they don’t manage to use their abilities to their fullest, when compared to other careers.
We asked medical and clinical laboratory technicians how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
2.9 out of 5 stars
842 medical and clinical laboratory technicians
14% of medical and clinical laboratory technicians rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
19% of medical and clinical laboratory technicians rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
26% of medical and clinical laboratory technicians rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
24% of medical and clinical laboratory technicians rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
16% of medical and clinical laboratory technicians rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars