Senior medical laboratory scientist vs postdoctoral associate

The differences between senior medical laboratory scientists and postdoctoral associates 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 postdoctoral associate. Additionally, a senior medical laboratory scientist has an average salary of $70,833, which is higher than the $54,350 average annual salary of a postdoctoral associate.

The top three skills for a senior medical laboratory scientist include ASCP, blood bank and QC. The most important skills for a postdoctoral associate are patients, TIP, and data analysis.

Senior medical laboratory scientist vs postdoctoral associate overview

	Senior Medical Laboratory Scientist	Postdoctoral Associate
Yearly salary	$70,833	$54,350
Hourly rate	$34.05	$26.13
Growth rate	17%	17%
Number of jobs	117,450	18,093
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 71%	Doctoral Degree, 47%
Average age	41	41
Years of experience	4	4

Senior medical laboratory scientist vs postdoctoral associate salary

Senior medical laboratory scientists and postdoctoral associates have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Senior Medical Laboratory Scientist	Postdoctoral Associate
Average salary	$70,833	$54,350
Salary range	Between $47,000 And $105,000	Between $39,000 And $74,000
Highest paying City	-	Berkeley, CA
Highest paying state	-	Maine
Best paying company	-	Argonne National Laboratory
Best paying industry	-	Education

Differences between senior medical laboratory scientist and postdoctoral associate education

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

	Senior Medical Laboratory Scientist	Postdoctoral Associate
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 71%	Doctoral Degree, 47%
Most common major	Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	Chemistry
Most common college	Duke University	Duke University

Senior medical laboratory scientist vs postdoctoral associate demographics

Here are the differences between senior medical laboratory scientists' and postdoctoral associates' demographics:

	Senior Medical Laboratory Scientist	Postdoctoral Associate
Average age	41	41
Gender ratio	Male, 52.6% Female, 47.4%	Male, 63.2% Female, 36.8%
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, 5.7% Unknown, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 8.8% Asian, 39.4% White, 42.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%
LGBT Percentage	8%	8%

Differences between senior medical laboratory scientist and postdoctoral associate 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.

Postdoctoral associate example responsibilities.

Develop and manage third party claim investigations and contractor remedial oversight for various insurance companies.
Co-Authore NIH grant proposal on membrane protein folding.
Participate in writing research grant applications including NIH and NSF.
X-ray protein crystallographic studies on the structures of antibodies and DNA.
Purify DNA from subject blood samples and organize the genome screen.
Complete mice handling training and currently using CRISPR technology to knockout genes in cell lines.

Senior medical laboratory scientist vs postdoctoral associate skills

Common senior medical laboratory scientist skills

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

Common postdoctoral associate skills

Patients, 8%
TIP, 7%
Data Analysis, 6%
Biomedical, 5%
CRISPR, 5%
Python, 4%

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