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Market evidence report — medical-laboratory-assistant
Source: 33 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 31, gb 2), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-17. This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is reproduced (copyright / platform terms).
Seniority distribution
| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| junior | 13 | 39 % |
| n/a | 12 | 36 % |
| mid | 8 | 24 % |
Tools — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laboratory Information System | 6 | 18 % |
| 2 | pneumatic tube system | 3 | 9 % |
Hard skills — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | specimen processing | 20 | 61 % |
| 2 | data entry | 17 | 52 % |
| 3 | laboratory testing | 8 | 24 % |
| 4 | quality assurance | 8 | 24 % |
| 5 | phlebotomy | 4 | 12 % |
| 6 | instrument troubleshooting | 3 | 9 % |
| 7 | laboratory equipment operation | 3 | 9 % |
| 8 | specimen entry | 3 | 9 % |
| 9 | specimen handling | 3 | 9 % |
| 10 | specimen labeling | 3 | 9 % |
| 11 | supply monitoring | 3 | 9 % |
| 12 | troubleshooting | 3 | 9 % |
Methods — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|
Responsibilities — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | customer inquiry response | 8 | 24 % |
| 2 | specimen labeling | 7 | 21 % |
| 3 | specimen distribution | 6 | 18 % |
| 4 | equipment maintenance | 5 | 15 % |
| 5 | patient sample accessioning | 5 | 15 % |
| 6 | specimen delivery | 5 | 15 % |
| 7 | specimen handling | 5 | 15 % |
| 8 | specimen integrity identification | 5 | 15 % |
| 9 | specimen processing | 5 | 15 % |
| 10 | test result communication | 5 | 15 % |
| 11 | add-on test processing | 4 | 12 % |
| 12 | requisition processing | 4 | 12 % |
| 13 | specimen preparation | 4 | 12 % |
| 14 | instrument troubleshooting | 3 | 9 % |
| 15 | patient registration | 3 | 9 % |
| 16 | specimen accessioning | 3 | 9 % |
| 17 | supply ordering | 3 | 9 % |
Regional breakdown
Corpus note: 33 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.
US (us)
31 ads.
Top hard skills:
- specimen processing — 65 % (20 ads)
- data entry — 55 % (17 ads)
- quality assurance — 26 % (8 ads)
- laboratory testing — 23 % (7 ads)
- phlebotomy — 13 % (4 ads)
- instrument troubleshooting — 10 % (3 ads)
- laboratory equipment operation — 10 % (3 ads)
- specimen entry — 10 % (3 ads)
- specimen handling — 10 % (3 ads)
- specimen labeling — 10 % (3 ads)
Top tools:
- Laboratory Information System — 19 % (6 ads)
- pneumatic tube system — 10 % (3 ads)
Seniority: n/a 39 % · junior 35 % · mid 26 %
UK (gb)
Insufficient evidence — 2 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)
Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
Job title variants in the market
| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Clinical Laboratory Assistant II, Outreach | 3 |
| Lab Assistant | 3 |
| Clinical Lab Assistant - Lab Processing | 2 |
| Laboratory Assistant | 2 |
| Laboratory Assistant I | 2 |
| Clinical Lab Assistant II | 1 |
| Clinical Lab Assistant II: Specimen Processing & Lab Support | 1 |
| Clinical Lab Assistant II--Day Shift - Weekends | 1 |
| Clinical Lab Assistant III | 1 |
| Clinical Lab Assistant I-PRN | 1 |
| Clinical Laboratory Assistant | 1 |
| Clinical Laboratory Assistant II, FT Microbiology | 1 |
| Clinical Laboratory Assistant II, Nights | 1 |
| Clinical Laboratory Assistant, Core Lab, Evenings, Part-Time, Weekends | 1 |
| Clinical Laboratory Assistant, Microbiology, Evenings | 1 |
| Laboratory Assistant - Per Diem | 1 |
| Laboratory Assistant - Surgical Pathology - Full-Time - Mid-Shift | 1 |
| Laboratory Assistant - Surgical Pathology- Full-Time - Days | 1 |
| Laboratory Assistant I - Central Processing and Receiving PT at HUP, 3rd Shift | 1 |
| Laboratory Assistant II - HUP Central Processing and Receiving Lab, Ft 1st Shift | 1 |
| Laboratory Research Assistant (Temp) — On‑Site, 25h/wk | 1 |
| Medical Laboratory Assistant - Core Lab - Day/Evening | 1 |
| Medical Laboratory Assistant | Laboratory Admin |
| Medical Laboratory Assistant II NoReg | 1 |
| Senior Clinical Lab Assistant — Day Shift | 1 |
Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.