Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
Perform routine medical laboratory tests for the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease. May work under the supervision of a medical technologist.
$62,930 a year (for the broader BLS group this job sits in).
of the working time. Estimate.
- 13%
- 8%
- 79%
Anthropic's data does not cover this job.
On the chosen pace and reliability. Estimate.
Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030
What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .
At this date and pace, models finish tasks up to 4.4 h long four times in five.
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this job's working time was within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 0%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 12%. Today's estimate: 13%.
A backcast: today's task data with the best model METR had measured by each date. It shows how fast the models have moved, not what anyone forecast at the time.
The tasks
Sorted by . 14 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conduct blood tests for transfusion purposes and perform blood counts.Done daily by most who do it. | 13% | 38 min17 min to 1.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Set up, maintain, calibrate, clean, and test sterility of medical laboratory equipment.Done daily by most who do it. | 13% | 1.3 h25 min to 2.5 h | Stays with people | |
| Obtain specimens, cultivating, isolating, and identifying microorganisms for analysis.Done daily by most who do it. | 11% | 1.3 h25 min to 2.1 h | Stays with people | |
| Analyze the results of tests or experiments to ensure conformity to specifications, using special mechanical or electrical devices.Done daily by most who do it. | 11% | 29 min17 min to 46 min | Stays with people | |
| Conduct chemical analyses of body fluids, such as blood or urine, using microscope or automatic analyzer to detect abnormalities or diseases and enter findings into computer.Done daily by most who do it. | 10% | 21 min8 min to 50 min | Stays with people | |
| Supervise or instruct other technicians or laboratory assistants.Done daily by most who do it. | 7% | 50 min25 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Perform quality control analyses to ensure accuracy of test results.Done daily by most who do it. | 7% | 33 min17 min to 50 min | 100%Half by now | |
| Examine cells stained with dye to locate abnormalities.Done daily by most who do it. | 7% | 25 min13 min to 50 min | Stays with people | |
| Analyze and record test data to issue reports that use charts, graphs, or narratives.Done daily by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 6% | 50 min17 min to 1.7 h | 96%Half by now | |
| Test raw materials, processes, or finished products to determine quality or quantity of materials or characteristics of a substance.Done daily by most who do it. | 5% | 38 min17 min to 1.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Collect blood or tissue samples from patients, observing principles of asepsis to obtain blood sample.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 4% | 17 min8 min to 29 min | Stays with people | |
| Prepare standard volumetric solutions or reagents to be combined with samples, following standardized formulas or experimental procedures.Done daily by most who do it. | 4% | 25 min13 min to 50 min | Stays with people |
Within reach, per task: the share of the task's time whose instances are short enough for a model to finish at the chosen date, pace and reliability. Half by: the date half of that time comes within reach.
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From O*NET's related occupations. Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
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