Labor shortages
The United States has a documented shortage of working laboratory professionals. For example, as of 2016update vacancy rates for Medical Laboratory Scientists ranged from 5% to 9% for various departments. The decline is primarily due to retirements, and to at-capacity educational programs that cannot expand which limits the number of new graduates. Professional organizations and some state educational systems are responding by developing ways to promote the lab professions in an effort to combat this shortage. The National Center For Workforce Analysis has estimated that by 2025 there will be a 24% increase in demand for lab professionals.
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