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Chemistry and physics lab technician
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Key facts
+4.3%jobs, 2025 to 2035
United StatesEmployment in this job is holding up or growing in the United States, but it is highly exposed to AI. AI exposure: very low according to the ILO, high according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +4.3% (BLS). Working well with AI is becoming an asset.
The job
Chemical and physical science technicians (ISCO 3111). Chemical and physical science technicians perform technical tasks to aid in research in chemistry, physics, geology, geophysics, meteorology and astronomy, and in the development of industrial, medical, military and other practical applications of research results.
Page built from official classifications (ILO, ESCO); figures cover all the jobs grouped here.
192 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- air environment technician
- air pollution analyst
- air quality consultant
- air quality field technican
- air quality monitoring technician
- air quality technician
- air quality technologist
- atmospheric scientist
- atmospheric scientist technician
- aviation meteorology technician
- chemical analysis technician
- chemical test technician
- chemistry assistant
- chemistry lab technician
- chemistry laboratory assistant
- chemistry laboratory technician
- chemistry technician
- chromatographer
- chromatography machine operative
- chromatography machine operator
- chromatography machine technician
- chromatography technician
- climatological technician
- color scientist
- composite technician
- dimensional engineer
- electronics technician
- environmental analyst
- environmental conservation technician
- environmental protection technician
- environmental technician
- field survey technician
- field surveyor
- food analysis expert
- food analysis specialist
- food analyst
- food research specialist
- food researcher
- gas chromatographer
- gel permeation chromatographer
- geo-mechanics technician
- geo-technician
- geological and petroleum technician
- geological engineering technician
- geological survey technician
- geological technician
- geological technologist
- geologist
- geology technician
- geophysical data technician
- geophysical technician
- geoscience technician
- groundwater laboratory technician
- groundwater monitoring system technician
- groundwater monitoring technician
- groundwater protection technician
- groundwater sampling technician
- groundwater technician
- health physics technician
- high performance liquid chromatographer
- hydrographic survey technologist
- hydrographic surveying technician
- hydrographic surveyor
- instrument specialist
- instrument technician
- ion-exchange chromatographer
- junior metrology technician
- land survey technician
- LC-MS specialist
- leather chemical laboratory technician
- leather chemical technician
- leather chemical tester
- leather chemist
- leather dye and chemical coordinator
- leather laboratory technician
- leather laboratory technicians
- leather tester
- leather testers
- liquid chromatographer
- manufacturing chemistry technician
- mapping technician
- marine surveying technician
- marine surveyor
- mass spectrometry specialist
- mass spectrometry technician
- material sampler
- material tester
- material testing technician
- material testing technologist
- material testing technology analyst
- material testing technology research analyst
- material testing technology research scientist
- material testing technology researcher
- material testing technology scholar
- material testing technology science researcher
- material testing technology scientist
- material testing technology studies analyst
- material testing technology studies research analyst
- material testing technology studies research scientist
- material testing technology studies researcher
- material testing technology studies scholar
- material testing technology studies scientist
- materials tester
- materials testing technician
- materials testing technologist
- medical physics technician
- MET services technician
- MET tower installation technician
- meteorological instrumentation technician
- meteorological researcher
- meteorological technician
- meteorologist
- meteorology technician
- meter service technician
- meter technician
- metrologist
- metrologist assistant
- metrology calibration technician
- metrology engineering technician
- metrology technician
- metrology technologist
- mine production techician
- mine surveying technician
- mineral industry sampler
- mineral technician
- mineral technologist
- mineralogy technician
- minerals survey technician
- mining technician
- nuclear chemistry technician
- nuclear equipment operation technician
- nuclear equipment technician
- nuclear laboratory technician
- nuclear monitoring technician
- nuclear physics technician
- nuclear plant radiation monitor
- nuclear plant radiation technician
- nuclear plant technician
- nuclear power plant technician
- nuclear safety technician
- nuclear technician
- oceanographer
- oceanographic scientist
- oceanographic surveyor
- physicist assistant
- physics assistant
- physics lab technician
- physics laboratory technician
- physics technician
- pollution control technician
- pollution prevention technician
- production chemistry technician
- radiation health technician
- radiation protection compliance technician
- radiation protection expert
- radiation protection monitoring technician
- radiation protection planning technician
- radiation protection safety technician
- radiation protection technician
- radiation safety technician
- radioactive equipment technician
- radiochemistry technician
- radiological monitoring technician
- radiological protection technician
- remote sensing technician
- remote sensing technologist
- remote sensing technology analyst
- remote sensing technology research analyst
- remote sensing technology research scientist
- remote sensing technology researcher
- remote sensing technology scholar
- remote sensing technology science researcher
- remote sensing technology scientist
- remote sensing technology studies analyst
- remote sensing technology studies research analyst
- remote sensing technology studies research scientist
- remote sensing technology studies researcher
- remote sensing technology studies scholar
- remote sensing technology studies scientist
- reprographics technician
- senior metrology technician
- soil scientist
- soil surveying technician
- soil technician
- survey technician
- surveying technician
- surveyor
- thin layer chromatographer
- weather forecaster
- weather service specialist
- weather station operator
- wind technician
Training
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Gauges
Risk 3/5 · Moderate
AI exposureHighBLS AI exposure category "high" (2026), higher than the ILO 2025 index (very low)
Employment outlookGrowthBLS, 2025-2035 projections (Nuclear technicians; Compliance officers; Environmental science and protection technicians, including health (+11))
Hiring difficultyNot availableNo US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job
PayHighBLS, 2025 median annual wage: $75,965
EntryMediumBLS, typical education needed for entry
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.