Engineering technicians
Life science technician
Key facts
Employment in this job is holding up or growing in the United States, but it is highly exposed to AI. AI exposure: moderate according to the ILO, high according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +5.8% (BLS). Working well with AI is becoming an asset.
The job
Life science technicians (excluding medical) (ISCO 3141). Life science technicians (excluding medical) provide technical support to life science professionals undertaking research, analysis and testing of living organisms, and development and application of products and processes resulting from research in areas such as natural resource management, environmental protection, plant and animal biology, microbiology, and cell and molecular biology.
Page built from official classifications (ILO, ESCO); figures cover all the jobs grouped here.
74 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- animal behaviorist
- animal biologist
- animal health technician
- animal lab technician
- animal laboratory technician
- animal researcher
- animal technician
- bacteriology culture technician
- bacteriology lab technician
- bacteriology technician
- bacteriology technologist
- biochemistry lab technician
- biochemistry laboratory technician
- biochemistry technician
- biochemistry technologist
- biological science technician
- biological technologist
- biologist
- biology lab technician
- biology laboratory technician
- biology technician
- biology technologist
- biotechnical laboratory employee
- biotechnical laboratory specialist
- biotechnical laboratory technician
- biotechnical laboratory worker
- biotechnical technician
- biotechnological laboratory technician
- biotechnological technician
- botanical technician
- botanist
- chemist
- chemistry laboratory assistant
- chemistry technician
- chemistry technologist
- field botany technician
- forest technician
- green house operations supervisor
- horticulturist
- lab assistant
- lab technician
- laboratory assistant
- laboratory research assistant
- laboratory technician
- laboratory technologist
- laboratory technology expert
- laboratory technology specialist
- life sciences technician
- mammalogy technician
- marine biologist
- marine biology technician
- medical lab technician
- medical laboratory technician
- naturalist
- plant biocurator
- plant researcher
- plant scientist
- research plant pathologist
- scientific laboratory technician
- wildlife biologist
- wildlife health technician
- wildlife lab technician
- wildlife laboratory technician
- wildlife manager
- wildlife technician
- zookeeper
- zoological technician
- zoologist
- zoology field technician
- zoology lab technician
- zoology laboratory technician
- zoology research technician
- zoology researcher
- zoology technician
Training
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Gauges
No US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job: this gauge stays empty. How countries are compared
Sources
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
- ESCO, European classification of skills, competences, qualifications and occupations (job titles and O*NET crosswalk)European Commission · version 1.2 · official statistics
- Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
- Labour needs survey (BMO) 2026France Travail · 2026 · large survey
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.