Medical Scientist Work Conditions

Medical scientists held about 100,000 jobs in 2010. The industries employing the largest numbers of medical scientists in 2010 were as follows:

Scientific research and development services	35%
Colleges, universities, and professional schools; state, local, and private	24%
Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing	12%
General medical and surgical hospitals; state, local, and private	11%
Drugs and druggists' sundries merchant wholesalers	2%

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Medical scientists usually work in offices and laboratories. They spend most of their time studying data and reports in an office or laboratory. Medical scientists sometimes work with inherently unsafe samples, but they take appropriate precautions to ensure that their environment is safe, stable, and sterile.

Most medical scientists work full time.

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2012-13 Edition