Senior medical laboratory scientist vs medical science liaison

The differences between senior medical laboratory scientists and medical science liaisons can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both a senior medical laboratory scientist and a medical science liaison. Additionally, a medical science liaison has an average salary of $145,718, which is higher than the $70,833 average annual salary of a senior medical laboratory scientist.

The top three skills for a senior medical laboratory scientist include ASCP, blood bank and QC. The most important skills for a medical science liaison are patients, medical affairs, and MSL.

Senior medical laboratory scientist vs medical science liaison overview

	Senior Medical Laboratory Scientist	Medical Science Liaison
Yearly salary	$70,833	$145,718
Hourly rate	$34.05	$70.06
Growth rate	17%	17%
Number of jobs	117,450	57,208
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 71%	Bachelor's Degree, 52%
Average age	41	41
Years of experience	4	4

Senior medical laboratory scientist vs medical science liaison salary

Senior medical laboratory scientists and medical science liaisons have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Senior Medical Laboratory Scientist	Medical Science Liaison
Average salary	$70,833	$145,718
Salary range	Between $47,000 And $105,000	Between $59,000 And $359,000
Highest paying City	-	Jackson, TN
Highest paying state	-	Tennessee
Best paying company	-	Saint Luke's Health System
Best paying industry	-	Manufacturing

Differences between senior medical laboratory scientist and medical science liaison education

There are a few differences between a senior medical laboratory scientist and a medical science liaison in terms of educational background:

	Senior Medical Laboratory Scientist	Medical Science Liaison
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 71%	Bachelor's Degree, 52%
Most common major	Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	Nursing
Most common college	Duke University	University of Southern California

Senior medical laboratory scientist vs medical science liaison demographics

Here are the differences between senior medical laboratory scientists' and medical science liaisons' demographics:

	Senior Medical Laboratory Scientist	Medical Science Liaison
Average age	41	41
Gender ratio	Male, 52.6% Female, 47.4%	Male, 41.6% Female, 58.4%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 4.6% Unknown, 3.5% Hispanic or Latino, 7.4% Asian, 27.9% White, 56.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%	Black or African American, 6.3% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 9.5% Asian, 23.4% White, 56.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%
LGBT Percentage	8%	8%

Differences between senior medical laboratory scientist and medical science liaison duties and responsibilities

Senior medical laboratory scientist example responsibilities.

Attain extensive phlebotomy experience with a challenging pediatric patient population.
Review and analyze daily quality control data and takes the appropriate steps to insure quality results associate with microbiology procedures.
Perform CMV, CMV IgM, CMV IgG, and RPR testing.

Medical science liaison example responsibilities.

Supervise and analyze medical necessity review of manage care appeals.
Develop and manage KOLs resulting in presentations to regional, national and international meetings.
Utilize extensive knowledge of medical terminology, ICD-9, HCPCS and CPT coding along with analysis and processing of Medicare claims.
Provide pre-launch field support for a novel diabetes compound.
Provide drug information to medical professionals and sales force within FDA guidelines.
Join Clementine as a trainee BMS and successfully complete training and registration.

Senior medical laboratory scientist vs medical science liaison skills

Common senior medical laboratory scientist skills

ASCP, 87%
Blood Bank, 7%
QC, 6%

Common medical science liaison skills

Patients, 11%
Medical Affairs, 9%
MSL, 7%
Medical Science, 6%
Pharmaceutical Industry, 5%
Internal Stakeholders, 4%

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