Become a Medical Lab Tech in 2021? Salary, Jobs, Forecast

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Medical lab techs perform complex medical laboratory tests for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease.
They have several roles and responsibilities, including:
Setting up, maintaining, calibrating, cleaning, and testing lab equipment
Conducting chemical analysis of body fluids trying to detect anomalies
Operating and maintaining medical equipment
Collecting and studying blood samples
Digitally documenting findings
Providing test results to physicians, family members, and researchers
Conducting medical research under the direction of a microbiologist or biochemist.
Medical lab tech specialties include blood banking, immunology, microbiology, chemistry, and molecular biology.
In 2012, the Bureau of Labor Statistics recorded $49,070 as the average base salary. By 2019, this average base salary rose to $54,780. Wages grew by $5,710 (or $816 yearly) from 2012-2019. The estimated 2021 average base salary would be $56,411, using $816 as the average yearly income. If trends were to continue, by 2029, the average base salary would rise to $62,937. In 2019, the base salaries of medical lab techs were vastly different, depending on the state. This map, showing average base salaries across the United States in 2019. The darker blue the state is on the map, the higher the income. The lowest paying state, Arkansas, on average, pays medical lab techs $44,100. The highest paying state, Alaska, on average, pays medical lab techs $72,690.
On Indeed.com, searching for the following title keywords in the United States gave us the following:
"Laboratory Assistant": 1,615 Job Postings
"Laboratory Technician": 2,881 Job Postings
"Medical Technician": 7,351 Job Postings
gave us around 11,847 job postings.
In 2019, there were 326,020 employed medical lab techs. This gives us one job opening on indeed.com per 27 employed medical lab techs. There isn't a shortage, but this occupation isn't oversaturated with people either. The job market for medical lab techs has risen since 2012. In 2012, there were 318,620 employed medical lab techs. In 2016, the number of medical lab techs peaked at 326,920 employed. In 2019, the government recorded 326,020 employed medical lab techs. This isn't as much as in 2012, but 7,400 more employed than in 2012. In 2019, the Bureau of Labor Statistics predicted a 7% increase in employed medical lab techs. By 2029, they are predicting 349,574 employed medical lab techs.
According to the Occupational Information Network (O*NET):
22% have an associate's degree
22% have a bachelor's degree
56% have a post-bachelor certificate
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