Research Technician
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Job overview
The Research Technician supports a scientific research team by helping execute tests and experiments. The role involves preparing research materials as needed, operating and maintaining laboratory equipment, conducting testing and monitoring, recording data, and maintaining experiment logs and supplies. The department may hire at a mid-level or senior-level, depending on business needs and budget.
Skills & qualifications
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Full job description
Perform various support tasks in assisting scientific research team with the execution of tests and experiments. Set up, operate, clean, and maintain lab instruments and equipment. Depending on area of research, may prepare media, samples, solutions, specimens, and/or reagents. Perform testing and monitoring. Gather and record research data. Keep detailed logs of experiments. Maintain and stock supplies. Mid-level or senior-level support role. Complete routine tasks under moderate or little supervision.Learn more about the great benefits of working for University of Utah: benefits.utah.eduThe department may choose to hire at any of the below job levels and associated pay rates based on their business need and budget.
How this job compares
Set against the 2,026 open Laboratory Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$50–70K/yr227 salary ranges
- US median$22–26/hr976 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 43 open Laboratory Technician jobs in Utah and 2,026 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Utah
- University of Utah (this employer)14 open
- ARUP Laboratories9 open
- HCA Healthcare6 open
- Experience
- Laboratory Technician postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (870 postings).
- Education
- 286 of the 2,026 open Laboratory Technician jobs (14%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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