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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Medical Technologist” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #56 of 702. Estimated risk: 1.2%

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AI Exposure Risk

55%

“Medical Technologist” will maybe be replaced by AI.

Based on the cognitive demands, communication requirements, and logical reasoning intrinsic to this occupation according to O*NET data, we project a 55% probability of disruption by generative AI and Large Language Models.

Automation & Robot Risk

48%

“Medical Technologist” will probably not be replaced by robots.

Evaluating the physical dexterity, repetitive motion tasks, and manual labor associated with this role, our analysis indicates a 48% likelihood of substitution by advanced robotics systems.

Personal & Financial Insights

Every occupation has a unique profile. For Microbiologists, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET classify the day-to-day work broadly as: Investigate the growth, structure, development, and other characteristics of microscopic organisms, such as bacteria, algae, or fungi. Includes medical microbiologists who study the relationship between organisms and disease or the effects of antibiotics on microorganisms.

Avg. Annual Salary $95,200
Avg. Hourly Wage $45.77
Available Jobs (US) 19,760
Job Title & Hierarchy Code (SOC) Microbiologists #19-1022
Wage vs. National Median
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Data is based on the reference occupation: “Microbiologists”

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Core Skills & Abilities

  • Supervise biological technologists and technicians and other scientists.

  • Investigate the relationship between organisms and disease, including the control of epidemics and the effects of antibiotics on microorganisms.

  • Provide laboratory services for health departments, community environmental health programs, and physicians needing information for diagnosis and treatment.

  • Prepare technical reports and recommendations, based upon research outcomes.

  • Use a variety of specialized equipment, such as electron microscopes, gas and high-pressure liquid chromatographs, electrophoresis units, thermocyclers, fluorescence-activated cell sorters, and phosphorimagers.

  • Observe action of microorganisms upon living tissues of plants, higher animals, and other microorganisms, and on dead organic matter.

  • Isolate and maintain cultures of bacteria or other microorganisms in prescribed or developed media, controlling moisture, aeration, temperature, and nutrition.

  • Examine physiological, morphological, and cultural characteristics, using microscope, to identify and classify microorganisms in human, water, and food specimens.

  • Study the structure and function of human, animal, and plant tissues, cells, pathogens, and toxins.

  • Develop new products and procedures for sterilization, food and pharmaceutical supply preservation, or microbial contamination detection.

  • Conduct chemical analyses of substances such as acids, alcohols, and enzymes.

  • Research use of bacteria and microorganisms to develop vitamins, antibiotics, amino acids, grain alcohol, sugars, and polymers.

  • Monitor and perform tests on water, food, and the environment to detect harmful microorganisms or to obtain information about sources of pollution, contamination, or infection.

  • Study growth, structure, development, and general characteristics of bacteria and other microorganisms to understand their relationship to human, plant, and animal health.

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  • Statistical software
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  • Gene recognition software
  • Mistral (Mistral AI)
  • Gene Finder
  • PIBWin
  • Orchard Software Orchard Harvest LIS
  • Genie Interactive
  • Web browser software
  • Microsoft Access
  • Perplexity AI
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Image capture and analysis software
  • Bruker Optics OPUS
  • Mistral AI (chat/models)
  • Protein Explorer
  • Gemini (Google)
  • WHONET
  • ComBase
  • BtB Software Mycobacteriology Lab
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Assistant Software for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Interpretation ASASI
  • TreeView
  • Qwen (Alibaba)
  • Claude (Anthropic)
  • BD Biosciences CellQuest
  • PHYLIP
  • Pathogen Modeling Program PMP
  • STARLIMS
  • Computing Solutions LabSoft LIMS Micro
  • Grok (xAI)
  • PredictProtein
  • Elicit
  • Proscan
  • DeepSeek
  • Nova (Amazon)
  • SAP software
  • ProtScale
  • FramePlot
  • ChatGPT (OpenAI)
  • Word processing software
  • Microsoft Word
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Gemini for Workspace
  • Kimi (Moonshot AI)
  • FindTarget
  • Semantic Scholar AI
  • Computer Service & Support CLS-2000 Laboratory System
  • DM2 Bills of Lading
  • Consensus
  • Laboratory information management system LIMS
  • Email software
  • BD Biosciences CloneCyt
  • Codon Usage Database
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Verity Software House ModFit LT
  • Protein databases
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • NetLims AutoLims
  • Scite AI
  • Database management software
  • Liquid nitrogen storage equipment
  • 8-channel electronic pipettes
  • High-speed centrifuges
  • Micro balances
  • Laboratory membrane filtering devices
  • Infrared gas analyzers
  • Charge coupled device CCD color digital cameras
  • Transilluminators
  • Hardy Diagnostics HUGO
  • Gel support frames
  • Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectrometers
  • Orbital shaking incubators
  • Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA sequencers
  • Helium-neon lasers
  • Visible/UV light scanning spectrophotometers
  • Protective laboratory coats
  • Ultraviolet UV lamps
  • Gas chromatographs GC
  • Semidry blotting apparatus
  • Orbital shaking water baths
  • French presses
  • Flow cytometers
  • Bacteriological incubators
  • Graduated glass laboratory cylinders
  • Microscope slides
  • Gas-powered generators
  • Laboratory vacuum pumps
  • Eyewash fountains
  • Inoculating loops
  • Vortex mixers
  • Pipette pumps
  • Desktop computers
  • High pressure liquid chromatographs HPLC
  • Water sample collection containers
  • Ultra cold biological freezers
  • Gel electrophoresis boxes
  • Laboratory heat exchange condensing devices
  • Sectioned petri plates
  • Automatic coverslipper
  • Microcalorimeters
  • Dry bath incubators
  • Fecal coliform water baths
  • Desktop centrifuges
  • Dichotomous particulate matter samplers
  • Recording thermometers
  • Liquid chromatograph devices
  • Laboratory funnels
  • Chemical safety showers
  • Micropipettes
  • Oil-immersion microscope lenses
  • Laboratory glassware washers
  • pH meters
  • Personal computers
  • Autoclaves
  • Test tube racks
  • Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay ELISA plate readers
  • Darkroom developing tanks
  • Mid-infrared spectrometers
  • Impedance meters
  • Dissolved oxygen meters
  • Automatic cell sorters
  • Transmission electron microscopes TEM
  • Safety shoes
  • Petri dishes
  • Laboratory test tubes
  • Protective gloves
  • Freeze dryers
  • Biological safety hoods
  • Colony counters
  • Erlenmeyer flask clamps
  • Osmometers
  • Dissecting microscopes
  • Safety glasses
  • Mass spectrometers
  • Notebook computers
  • Steroclaves
  • Bioaerosol impactors
  • Prepared agar plates
  • Scanning electron microscopes SEM
  • Refrigerated recirculating water baths
  • Electronic sterilizers
  • Laboratory refrigerators
  • Coplin jars
  • Electroporators
  • X ray diffractometers
  • HEPA filtered biosafety cabinets
  • Floor shakers
  • Multiwell trays
  • Precision pan balances
  • Gel transfer apparatus
  • Automatic pipetters
  • Culture bottles
  • Rotator mixers
  • Electronic toploading balances
  • Sonicators
  • Heat blocks
  • Laser printers
  • Bacticinerators
  • Alcohol lamps
  • Ultracentrifuges
  • Microcentrifuges
  • Deionized DI water systems
  • Culture tubes
  • Raman spectrometers
  • Peristaltic pumps
  • Anaerobic growth chambers
  • Laminar flow cabinets
  • Gel documentation systems
  • Rechargeable electronic pipette fillers
  • Membrane filtration systems
  • Multiplate readers
  • Automated microbial identification systems
  • Dropping pipettes
  • Photomicroscopes
  • Erlenmeyer flasks
  • Water purification systems
  • Serology rotators
  • Shaking incubators
  • Visible spectrometers
  • Bioreactors
  • Tissue homogenizers
  • Thermocyclers
  • Direct heat dry wall carbon dioxide CO2 incubators
  • Magnetic laboratory stirrers
  • Phase contrast microscopes
  • Multistage agar impactors
  • Bright field light microscopes
  • Compound binocular light microscopes
  • Respirators
  • Drying ovens
  • Hybridization ovens
  • Laboratory gas burners
  • Bubble counters
  • Fluorescence activated cell sorters
  • Inverted microscopes
  • Laboratory beakers
  • Refrigerated benchtop centrifuges
  • Fluorescent microscopes
  • Automated gram stainers
  • Staining dishes
  • Conductivity meters
  • Liquid impingers
  • Heating stirplates
  • Argon lasers
  • Micromanipulators
  • Infrared IR spectrometers
  • Fire extinguishers
  • Analytical balances

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